by admin | Mar 14, 2025 | astronomy, binary stars, Cosmos, News, radio pulses, space, Space News, The Conversation
In the past three years, astronomers have discovered a mysterious new type of radio source. We call these long period transients. These objects emit bright radio signals that repeat every few minutes to every few hours. We have found about a dozen examples, but we... by admin | Jan 20, 2025 | ASKAP J1839-0756, Cosmos, News, radio pulses, space, Space News, The Conversation
When some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and leave behind incredibly dense cores called neutron stars. Some of these remnants emit powerful radio beams from their magnetic poles. As the star spins, these beams...