Global Team Tracks Unusual Objects in Milky Way Galaxy (IMAGE)
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An image of the sky showing the region around ASKAP J1832-0911. Researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory were part of a global effort to track the newly discovered unusual bursts of radio emission from the object within the Milky Way galaxy. ASKAP J1832-091 emits pulses of radio waves and X-rays for two minutes every 44 minutes. The object is located about 15,000 light-years from Earth.
Photo Credit: Ziteng Wang, ICRAR.
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Photo Credit: Ziteng Wang, ICRAR
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