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Bizarre galactic radio source remains active for two decades with no detectable X-rays
Astronomers have identified a peculiar radio transient in the Milky Way that has remained active for more than two decades, defying the behavior expected of known classes of galactic radio sources.
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Astronomers have identified a peculiar radio transient in the Milky Way that has remained active for more than two decades, a behavior that does not match known classes of galactic radio sources. The study, posted to the arXiv preprint server on Aug. 21, discusses a rare event that may have produced the unusual radio emission. Transient radio emission can arise from violent cosmic events such as rapidly spinning neutron stars, shocks from powerful stellar winds, or mass accretion by white dwarfs in binary systems. The source’s long‑term activity challenges current models of how such radio transients evolve.
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