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On Wednesday, researchers announced the discovery of a new astronomical enigma. The new object, GPM J1839โ€“10, behaves a bit like a pulsar, sending out regular bursts of radio energy. But the physics that drives pulsars means that they'd stop emitting if they slowed down too much, and almost every pulsar we know of blinks at least once per minute.

GPM J1839โ€“10 takes 22 minutes between pulses. We have no idea what kind of physics or what kind of objects can power that.

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[โ€“] Midnight_Ice@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I know you're being sarcastic, but that was my first thought as well haha