Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

A dead star is flashing radio waves every 8 minutes, and its partner looks a lot like the Sun

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Natasha Hurley-Walker, Radio Astronomer, Curtin University

Since 2022, astronomers have been puzzling over a new kind of cosmic object called long-period radio transients.

These are objects that emit bright flashes of radio waves into space every few minutes to every few hours.

Some have been traced back to binary systems of a small, dim cool star called a red dwarf in orbit with a star remnant called a white dwarf.

In new…

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