Posted on 01/26/2022 11:39:29 AM PST by algore
mysterious object that is just 4,000 light years away from Earth is unlike anything ever seen before in space, astronomers have said.
They think it could be a neutron star or a white dwarf – collapsed cores of stars – with an ultra-powerful magnetic field, also known as a magnetar.
As it spins through the cosmos, the 'spooky' object sends out a beam of radiation, and for one minute in every 20 it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky.
Observations show it releasing a giant burst of energy three times an hour.
Astrophysicist Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker, from the Curtin University, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Australia, led the team that made the discovery.
Her team was mapping radio waves in the universe when they came across the potential 'magnetar'.
She said: 'This object was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations.
'That was completely unexpected. It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there's nothing known in the sky that does that.
Dr Hurley-Walker added that the observations match a predicted astrophysical object called an 'ultra-long period magnetar'
Her team was mapping radio waves in the universe when they came across the potential 'magnetar'.
She said: 'This object was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations.
'That was completely unexpected. It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there's nothing known in the sky that does that.
'And it's really quite close to us — about 4,000 light years away. It's in our galactic backyard.'
Dr Hurley-Walker added that the observations match a predicted astrophysical object called an 'ultra-long period magnetar'.
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“If I have the story right we should have died from this thing 4,000 years ago-—speed of light thing and all that?”
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CQ, CQ, CQ. De V-GER.
“Don’t Look Up!”
4000 light years.
To put it in perspective:
Alpha Centauri is 4.4 light years away.
Betelgeuse is 500.
Super bright Rigel is the furthest thing I can think of that we can easily see; it is 1600 light years away.
But I am glad this thing is pretty far away.
Magnetars are about the most dangerous objects we know of next to Whoopi and her friends.
I think that’s it, they are calling CQ at intervals, except it’s super fast and no one can interpret it, I say capture the transmission, slow it down and it my theory works....
Or as I said earlier, it’s probably nothing but random noise.
It is sending code...
Drink...more...Ovaltine!
Except for Gamma Ray bursts. Those will ruin your day. Or a supernova less than 30 light years away. Not good either.
That burst of energy occurred about the time the Egyptians were building pyramids.
“...there’s nothing known in the sky that does that.”
Where’s Darwin when you need him?
wy69
No wonder my attempts to plot the best route on Waze was so difficult...
I had assumed, initially, that it was due to my "no tolls or ferries" setting...
Can’t this energy be captured and stored so as to satisfy the anti fossil fuel crowd?
Coulda
Had
Trump
Drink...more...Ovaltine! "
OR the message is, pull up Ur pants, I can see Uranis!
Within 4000 years I would bet. No worries. It takes a long time to get across our cosmic backyard. Even at the speed of light.
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