A rare, mysterious radio source is stumping astronomers  

In 1988, radio telescopes picked up a transient signal from 15,000 light-years away within the constellation Scutum. But it remained unnoticed for three decades. Fast-forward to today: Astrophysicists have recently rediscovered the object to find that its source may be a magnetar — a rare type of neutron star with a powerful magnetic field thatContinue reading “A rare, mysterious radio source is stumping astronomers  ”
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