Object giving off bursts of energy unlike anything known

Astronomers have discovered a strange object, which, unlike anything seen earlier, is away from the regular burst of energy. Discovered by a team from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), is so powerful with an object burst three times per hour that they are some of the brightest radio sources in the sky.

“This object was visible in a few hours and disappearing during our comments. It was completely unpredictable. It was a kind of scary for an astronomer because there is nothing in the sky that does not,” said the lead researcher Natasha Hurley-Wocker in one. statement“And this is really close to us-4,000 light-year away. It is in our villainy backyard.”

The principle of the team is that the object can be a hypothetical object called the ultra-long period magnetar. Magnetars are very powerful magnetic fields with neutron stars that leave the burst of high-energy radiation, but those people have spinned very fast so far and emit either pulses every 10 seconds. The very slow rate of pulses from this object, at about one every 20 minutes, suggests that it should be very slowly spinning.

Although long -term magnetators have been predicted, no one has been discovered till date. “This is a type of spinning neutron star, which is predicted to be theoretically present,” Hurley-Wocker said. “But no one was expected to find out directly because we did not expect them to be so bright. Somehow it is converting magnetic energy into radio waves, which we have seen earlier.”

The team plans to search for signs of similar objects in archival data from the Murchaison Widefield Eri (MWA) telescope, which they used for initial comments. They are continue to inspect the object to see if it starts emitting pulses again. “If this happens, there are binoculars in the southern hemisphere and even in the orbit who can indicate it directly,” said Hurley-Wocker. “More information will tell astronomers whether it was a rare one-closed incident or a huge new population that we had never seen before.”

Published in research journal Nature,