A dead star is flashing radio waves every 8 minutes, and its partner looks a lot like the sun
Since 2022, astronomers have been puzzling over a new kind of cosmic object called long-period radio transients. These are objects that emit bright flashes of radio waves into space every few minutes to every few hours. Some have been traced back to binary systems consisting of a small, dim, cool…
This is a brief. The reporting belongs to Phys.org — read the complete story, with full context and credits, at the source.
Read the full story at Phys.org ↗phys.org
More from the Science desk
Ocean that once covered Flinders Ranges preserved Earth's earliest life
Does your culture shape how you look at art? What an eye‑tracking study in Sudan revealed
Albanese is caught between climate ambition and political reality at COP31
NASA's Voyager 1 closes in on a light-day in interstellar space for a new distance record
