Astronomers Detect Strange Radio Signals From Unique Stellar Object

Astronomers Detect , Strange Radio Signals From , Unique Stellar Object.

'Newsweek' reports that astronomers have detected a strange spinning object emitting radio wave pulses somewhere in deep space.

Every 22 minutes, the object, ejects powerful jets of, radio waves.

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While signals from GPM-J1839-10 have been hitting Earth for almost 30 years, scientists have only noticed them now.

The object, located approximately 15,000 light-years from Earth, is believed to be a uniquely slow-spinning magnetar.

A magnetar is a neutron star with a powerful magnetic field, typically "with a mass about 1.4 that of our sun," 'Newsweek' reports.

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Magnetars are formed by the collapse of massive stars approximately 10-25 times the mass of our sun.

Magnetars are highly magnetic, young neutron stars, usually rotating once every one or two seconds, and they produce bright X-ray emission, Natasha Hurley-Walker, Astrophysicist at Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), via 'Newsweek'.

A handful (six out of the 30 known) occasionally produce radio emission for a few weeks to months at a time, Natasha Hurley-Walker, Astrophysicist at Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), via 'Newsweek'.

Our existing theories can't explain how a neutron star could produce this radio emission while spinning so slowly, let alone keep it up for decades, Natasha Hurley-Walker, Astrophysicist at Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), via 'Newsweek'.

'Newsweek' reports that the team began hunting for signals similar to another object, GLEAM-XJ162759, which mysteriously went quiet in 2018.