This disappearing space object is emitting giant, highly-polarized radio bursts every 20 minutes

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This disappearing space object is emitting giant, highly-polarized radio bursts every 20 minutes
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'Somehow it's converting magnetic energy to radio waves much more effectively than anything we've seen before,' team leader Dr. Hurley-Walker said.

on Wednesday said. The object disappears from view every other minute and emits a giant burst of radio waves three times an hour.

Space objects that"turn" on and off in the night sky are called"transients" by scientists, and they're relatively common. "It was kind of spooky for an astronomer because there's nothing known in the sky that does that," said astrophysicist Dr. Natasha Hurley-Walker, who led the team of scientists."And it's really quite close to us — about 4000 lightyears away. It's in our galactic backyard."Hurley-Walker described the mysterious object as smaller than the sun but bright, and emitting highly-polarized radio waves three times an hour.

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