Astronomers discovered a mysterious signal coming from the center of our galaxy that "fit no currently understood pattern of variable radio source and could suggest a new class of stellar object," a press statement from the University of Sydney reveals.
At first, the scientists believed the signal might be coming from a pulsar — a type of star that spins at incredibly high speeds — or a star that was emitting large solar flares. On closer inspection, they found that the signals from the newly-discovered source don't match what we expect from those types of stars. They detailed their new findings in a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal.
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