19 minutes agoUnconventional body detected in space: Could be something we've never seen before
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(a year ago)Astronomers have discovered a strange new celestial object in the Milky Way galaxy where planet Earth is located that is surprising the scientific community because of its regular signals, Periscope broadcasts. An international team reported that the mysterious object, called A SCAP J1832091, emits X-rays simultaneously and [...]
An international team reported that the mysterious object, called A SCAP J1832091 simultaneously emits X-rays and radio waves every 44 minutes during extreme activity periods. This unusual rate of emissions makes it distinctive by any other previously observed.
The target is located about 15,000 light years from Earth, in a region rich with stars, gas and dust on the Milky Way. According to Ziteng Andy Wang of Curtis University in Australia, he may be a highly magnetised neutron star or a white <x0ung” ” both are dead star forms. But Wang doesn't rule out the possibility of dealing with a completely new phenomenon and “ecsotic”.
X-ray detection took place by X-ray Observatory last year Chandra NASA's, while he was studying the remains of a supernove a blown star. So far it is not clear whether this object is connected to the supernova or is simply near it in space.
The active stage of the object lasts about a month, and outside of that period, it does not transmit distinct X-rays.
We are facing an unknown object, or we are seeing a new version of an object we know, but it's behaving quite unusually,” said Wang, the lead author of the study published in Nature magazine.
Chandra, launched in orbit in 1999, remains one of NASA's leading instruments for studying the hottest and most energetic objects in the universe, and this recent discovery confirms its importance in exploring the depths of space.
