An image of the sky showing the region around ASKAP J1832-0911. X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, radio data from the South African MeerKAT radio telescope, and infrared data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (Credit: Ziteng (Andy) Wang, ICRAR) ********************************************************************** In a nutshell Scientists discovered the first long-period radio transient that also emits X-rays, creating an entirely new class of cosmic objects ASKAP J1832−0911 pulses every 44.2 minutes with both radio waves and X-rays, something that wasn’t supposed to be possible The object could be either an ancient magnetar or an ultra-magnetized white dwarf system, both of which challenge current...