Posted on 06/01/2022 10:22:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin
University of Sydney lecturer Manisha Caleb explained in the report: “My colleagues and I (the MeerTRAP team) made the discovery when observing the Vela-X 1 region of the Milky Way about 1,300 light-years away from Earth, using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa.
“We spotted a strange-looking flash or “pulse” that lasted about 300 milliseconds.”
The team scoured through old data from that region of space and found similar signals had been emitted before but had been missed by previous research.
The strange pulses were said to be repeating every 76 seconds.
The location of the strange object emitting the pulses has been pinpointed with accuracy. Scientists are now calling it PSR J0941-4046.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
A catchy name secures more funding.
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