Photo: New Kind of Cosmic Object Discovered



An illustration of a pulsar showing a cutaway of its magnetic field lines and a radio beam emanating from its poles.

A multinational team of astronomers has discovered an entirely new kind of cosmic object—a Rotating Radio Transient, or RRAT—that is likely related to pulsars.

Image courtesy Russell Kightley Media, © CSIRO Australia


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