Astronomers crack the case of a mysterious deep space radio signal that repeats every 2 hours
The team tracked the signal back to a strange binary system containing a dead star or " white dwarf " and a red dwarf stellar companion. The radio pulse repeats every 2 hours and was first detected a decade ago. It came from the direction of the Big Dipper.
Mysterious radio pulses from space have been tracked down—and the source is not what astronomers expected
In the past three years, astronomers have discovered a mysterious new type of radio source. We call these long-period transients.
White dwarf star system is producing mysterious radio signals
Radio astronomers have discovered an unusual phenomenon in recent years. They detected radio pulses from the Milky Way that last from seconds to minutes. These pulses differ from those produced by known radio-emitting neutron stars or pulsars, which typically last only milliseconds.
Astronomers Have Located the Source of Strange Long-Period Radio Pulses Coming from Deep Space
Strange radio pulses have been traced to their origin, a white dwarf and red dwarf binary pair, solving a cosmic radio mystery.
Astronomers Solve the Mystery of Strange Radio Signals Coming from Deep Space
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Alien signal? Repeated radio bursts from outer space hits Earth
Better analysis techniques have given researchers the ability to detect radio pulses that last from seconds to minutes and seem to come from stars in the Milky Way.
Mystery radio signals detected from unexplored region of space
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Dancing Dwarf Stars Explain Astronomical Mystery Of Long-Period Radio Transient Signals
Astronomers have spotted a red dwarf star in a system that is almost certainly the source of a radio signal that, for a while, repeated once every 125 minutes. Moreover, there’s evidence of a white dwarf companion.
Mystery radio signals are coming from a part of space never seen by scientists before
Earth has been at the receiving end of mysterious radio emissions every two hours. After more than a decade, the source of these signals has finally been identified, nearby the Big Dipper. A new research paper published in Nature Astronomy points to a red dwarf and white dwarf star,
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Astronomers Trace Strange Radio Pulses to an Unexpected Star Duo
Astronomers have figured out where a stream of long radio bursts is coming from, and its origin is unprecedented. Rather than ...
White dwarf and red dwarf duo emit radio pulses every two hours
An international team of astronomers led by scientists from the Netherlands has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf ...
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Gemini North teams up with LOFAR to reveal largest radio jet ever seen in the early universe
The jet was first identified using the international Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) Telescope, a network of radio telescopes throughout Europe. Follow-up observations in the near-infrared with the ...
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Stellar union sparks radio pulses lasting minutes
Artistic illustration showing the radio pulses emitted by the binary star system: a white dwarf in orbit around a red dwarf. Credit Daniëlle Futselaar/artsource.nl In a breakthrough discovery, an ...