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Scientists have discovered a mysterious radio signal in deep space. Scientists have been surprised about this radio signal.
- Pulse originated from Vela-X 1 region
- Pulse lasted about 300 milliseconds
Scientists have discovered a neutron star. This star has been discovered 1,300 light years away from Earth. Researchers believe that the star system can be understood from this star.
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Lecturer Manisha Caleb at the University of Sydney and the MeerTRAP team noticed a strange pulse emanating from the Vela-X 1 region of the Galaxy. Manisha says that this pulse lasted for about 300 milliseconds.
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The data will reveal a new class of stellar objects (Photo: NASA)
An in-depth search of the data for that area also found records of other pulses. Manisha says that the data can tell us about a new class of stellar objects. Researchers have attributed the pulse PSR J0941-4046 to a neutron star. They say that it has some characteristics of 'Pulsar' or 'Magnetor'.
Pulsars are very dense remnants of giant broken stars. They usually emit radio waves from their poles, and as the star rotates, the pulse can often be measured from Earth.
PSR J0941-4046 discovered inside neutron star 'Gravyard' (Photo: NASA)
But the researchers were surprised about the length of the pulse. At present, the longest rotation from Pulsar is only 23.5 seconds. Scientists think that they have found a new class of Radio-Emitting Objects.
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The results of this research have been published in Nature Astronomy. The group discovered it inside the neutron star 'Graveyard'. The particular region of space from where PSR J0941-4046 was discovered is believed to be full of neutron stars. Therefore, they are not as active or active at all.
Because PSR J0941-4046 is still emitting radio signal. One of these types of pulse is 'Quasi-Periodic', this can give more information about how PSR J0941-4046 works. What's more interesting about this discovery is that even Caleb and others are not convinced that PSR J0941-4046 is a signal emitter.
