Astronomers crack the case of a mysterious deep space radio signal that repeats every 2 hours
Astronomers have traced a starnge blast of radiowaves that repeats every 2 hours back to a dead star white dwarf magnetically slamming its stellar companion.
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 Trace Mysterious Signal to Destroyed Planet
"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.
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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Mystery solved! Odd X-ray signal was 'death knell' of planet destroyed by zombie star (video)
The X-ray signal from WD 2226-210 is similar to the X-ray emissions of two other white dwarfs that do not sit within cocoons ...
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A Distant White Dwarf Is Eating a Jupiter-Sized Planet for Lunch
About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...
Neutrinos could tell us about the inside of the sun and establish density structure
Neutrinos generated through solar fusion reactions travel effortlessly through the sun's dense core. Each specific fusion ...
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Two-star system explains unusual astrophysical phenomenon
An international team of astrophysicists led by the Netherlands and the UK have discovered that radio pulses lasting seconds ...
Killer white dwarf capable of ripping entire planets apart spotted by space scientists
A white dwarf, or dying star, caused the destruction of a Jupiter-sized planet that is only around 650 light years away from ...
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What is dark energy? Exploding white dwarf stars may help us crack the case
It is a crucial development in our understanding of the lifecycles of stars with masses similar to that of the sun, which create white dwarfs when they die. A better understanding of type Ia ...
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First radio pulses traced to dead-star binary
Astronomers detected constant stream of radio pulses emitted from across the galaxy. Team now finds the pulses are from a ...
A Black Hole Has Been Mysteriously Pulsing for Years. Scientists Might Finally Know Why.
Scientists are working to identify an oddly pulsating, supermassive black hole ( SMBH) that pulled a really weird stunt. More ...