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    Cosmic mystery deepens as astronomers find object flashing in both radio waves and xuhuong rays

    May 30, 2025, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Cosmic mystery deepens as astronomers find object flashing in both radio waves and X-rays
    An image of the sky showing the region around ASKAP J1832-0911. X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, radio data from the South African MeerKAT radio telescope, and infrared data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: Ziteng (Andy) Wang, ICRAR

    Astronomers from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), in collaboration with international teams, have made a startling discovery about a new type of cosmic phenomenon.

    The object, known as ASKAP J1832-0911, emits pulses of radio waves and X-rays for two minutes every 44 minutes.

    The paper, “Detection of X-ray Emission from a Bright Long-Period Radio Transient,” is published in Nature.

    This is the first time objects like these, called long-period transients (LPTs), have been detected in X-rays...

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