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An Unknown Space Object is Sending Out Radio Signals Every 18 Minutes - And it's unlike anything we've seen before.
https://interestingengineering.com ^ | By Ameya Paleja Jan 27, 2022

Posted on 01/27/2022 10:09:15 PM PST by 11th_VA

Researchers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have found a mysterious object in space that has been sending out radio waves approximately three times an hour, according to an institutional press release. The object was first spotted in March 2018 and has been observed ever since to understand its origins.

Celestial objects that send out pulsing waves are quite a regular observation for an astronomer. Called transients, these objects either take months to disappear or can quickly flash off in a matter of seconds or even milliseconds, Dr. Gemma Anderson, an astrophysicist at ICRAR said in the press release. In the case of this object though, the repeating sequence of pulses is a bit strange.

The observation was made using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) set up in Western Australia that consists of 4,096 small spider-like low-frequency antennas arranged in 256 grids. This gives the radio telescope a very wide field of view and frequency range, its website states. The MWA is the precursor to the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) that is being built through international collaboration and will be the world's largest radio telescope.

The object spotted by the researchers is incredibly bright but smaller than our Sun. The highly polarised signals received from it suggest that it has a strong magnetic field around it. Dr. Natasha Hurley-Walker, an astrophysicist at Curtin University who led the discovery, said that the object could be a magnetar - a slowly spinning neutron star that has only had theoretical existence so far. Her team is now monitoring the object to see if it turns back on again.

The object has been dubbed GLEAM-X J162759.5-523504.3 and is located about 4000 light-years away from the Earth,…

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Just what we need - a common enemy …
1 posted on 01/27/2022 10:09:15 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

That’s no moon, it’s a space station!

CC


2 posted on 01/27/2022 10:13:54 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: 11th_VA

It says, “Send more Chuck Berry.”


3 posted on 01/27/2022 10:18:35 PM PST by Namyak (Oderint dum metuant)
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oh you meant chuck berry-

4 posted on 01/27/2022 10:24:06 PM PST by Bob434
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Great. Like we need more illegal aliens.


5 posted on 01/27/2022 10:25:26 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Namyak

“Send less Carby D.”


6 posted on 01/27/2022 10:32:31 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post cliclicckbait!)
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To: 11th_VA

“We have been trying to contact about your expiring new car warranty....”


7 posted on 01/27/2022 10:38:59 PM PST by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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It says, “Send more Chuck Berry.”

LMAO!

8 posted on 01/27/2022 11:13:05 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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To: 11th_VA

Is it wearing a mask?


9 posted on 01/27/2022 11:35:11 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: 11th_VA

“BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE”


10 posted on 01/27/2022 11:35:53 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“So it’s the third planet out, the blue one right? And the intelligent species swim in oceans and eat a lot of fish? We are ready to welcome them into the Inter-Galactic Federation.”


11 posted on 01/27/2022 11:47:23 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (a cloud has fallen over the lands of the free )
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12 posted on 01/27/2022 11:51:21 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Kartographer

LMAO!! Perfect!


13 posted on 01/28/2022 12:44:52 AM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow. )
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To: 11th_VA

I’m a meat popsicle.


14 posted on 01/28/2022 12:48:41 AM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: 11th_VA

“We found JoeBiden’s brain. Please send somebody up to retrieve it.”


15 posted on 01/28/2022 1:09:52 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: 11th_VA

Lol... true isn’t it. Another tactic to erase citizenship and sovereignty. They do not care to lie relatedly for this agenda.


16 posted on 01/28/2022 1:31:43 AM PST by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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-PJ

17 posted on 01/28/2022 1:32:56 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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18 posted on 01/28/2022 4:42:08 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Yeah, I think you’re right.


19 posted on 01/28/2022 4:48:49 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Media Control is an anagram of Delta Omicron.)
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To: 11th_VA

dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot


20 posted on 01/28/2022 4:55:36 AM PST by Mopp4 ("It is a cruel world, Herr Hauptman. You said it yourself.")
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