A very strange “sign” from the universe.
A very strange “sign” from the universe.
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The universe is full of strange radio signals, but recently astronomers detected a truly puzzling signal that repeats every hour, passing through three different states, although they have some ideas about its origin that defy our current understanding of physics.
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What is intriguing is how this object exhibits three distinct emission states, each with totally different properties from the others, said Dr. Manisha Caleb, lead author of the study. The MeerKat radio telescope in South Africa was crucial in distinguishing between these states, “if the signals do not suggest from the same point in the sky we would not have believed it was the same object”, so what could be behind such a strange radio signal, let's make this clear, they are probably not extraterrestrials.
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Neutron stars are known to emit radio waves regularly, making them prime suspects here, it is possible that such varied signals are produced by interactions between their strong magnetic fields and complex plasma flows, however, there is a large problem, neutron stars generally spin at speeds of seconds or fractions of a second per revolution and it should be physically impossible for them to spin as slowly as once every 54 minutes.
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