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ASTRONOMERS have been left baffled after a mysterious object near Earth unleashed a giant burst of energy.
By Steven Brown 18:10, Wed, Jan 26, 2022 | UPDATED: 18:10, Wed, Jan 26, 2022
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Astronomers baffled as mysterious object near Earth unleashes giant burst of energy
ASTRONOMERS have been left baffled after a mysterious object near Earth unleashed a giant burst of energy.
By Steven Brown 18:10, Wed, Jan 26, 2022 | UPDATED: 18:10, Wed, Jan 26, 2022 52 
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The object is estimated to be roughly around 4,000 light-years away from Earth and observations have found it releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour. Astronomers believe this could be a neutron star or a white dwarf with an ultra-powerful magnetic field.
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The object is estimated to be roughly around 4,000 light-years away from Earth and observations have found it releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour. Astronomers believe this could be a neutron star or a white dwarf with an ultra-powerful magnetic field.
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The strange object sends out a beam of radiation and for one minute in every 20, it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky.
Astrophysicist Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker, from the Curtin University, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Australia, led the team who found the object.
She said: “This object was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations.
“That was completely unexpected.
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ASTRONOMERS have been left baffled after a mysterious object near Earth unleashed a giant burst of energy.
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The object is estimated to be roughly around 4,000 light-years away from Earth and observations have found it releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour. Astronomers believe this could be a neutron star or a white dwarf with an ultra-powerful magnetic field.
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The strange object sends out a beam of radiation and for one minute in every 20, it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky.
Astrophysicist Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker, from the Curtin University, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Australia, led the team who found the object.
She said: “This object was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations.
“That was completely unexpected.
Astronomers believe it could be a white dwarf (Image: PA)
Astronomers believe it could be a white dwarf (Image: Getty)
“It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there’s nothing known in the sky that does that.
“And it’s really quite close to us — about 4,000 light-years away.
“It’s in our galactic backyard.”
The expert added how the observations matched a predicted astrophysical object called an “ultra-long period magnetar”.
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The object is estimated to be roughly around 4,000 light-years away from Earth and observations have found it releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour. Astronomers believe this could be a neutron star or a white dwarf with an ultra-powerful magnetic field.
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The strange object sends out a beam of radiation and for one minute in every 20, it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky.
Astrophysicist Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker, from the Curtin University, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Australia, led the team who found the object.
She said: “This object was appearing and disappearing over a few hours during our observations.
“That was completely unexpected.
Astronomers believe it could be a white dwarf (Image: PA)
Astronomers believe it could be a white dwarf (Image: Getty)
“It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there’s nothing known in the sky that does that.
“And it’s really quite close to us — about 4,000 light-years away.
“It’s in our galactic backyard.”
The expert added how the observations matched a predicted astrophysical object called an “ultra-long period magnetar”.
Artist impression of two stars colliding (Image: PA)
She continued: “It’s a type of slowly spinning neutron star that has been predicted to exist theoretically.
“But nobody expected to directly detect one like this, because we didn’t expect them to be so bright.
“Somehow it’s converting magnetic energy to radio waves much more effectively than anything we’ve seen before.”
The researchers are now monitoring the object to see if it switches back on.
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