The “seven-faced” cosmic monster appeared?

The strange radio signal that looks like a flash from Earth would have to be a fierce flare in the far reaches of the universe, as it appeared to be in the Vela-X 1 region of the Milky Way Earth-containing galaxy. , which is 1,300 light-years away.

Naming the flashed object PSR J0941-4046, the team from the University of Sydney (Australia) says it has the properties of a pulsar or a magnetic star – two extremely powerful forms of neutron stars.

Neutron stars are an extreme form of “cosmic monster”, formed by the death of a massive, extremely energetic star that behaves like a “zombie” – a “zombie”.

Write on The ConversationDr Manisha Caleb, representing the team from the University of Sydney, said what caught their attention were the small anomalies that make categorizing the new object as a pulsar or a magnetic star not so good.

It rotates like a pulsar, but extremely slowly compared to a pulsar. It is again located in the “neutron star graveyard”, where these cosmic monsters have reached the end of their life cycle and cannot produce such a “burning” radio emission.

The team still believes that PSR J0941-4046 is a neutron star, but most likely a completely new type of neutron star, never before seen in the universe, with an extremely long period.

”PSR J0941-4046 challenges our understanding of how neutron stars are born and develop. It is also fascinating because it seems to produce at least seven distinctly different pulse shapes,” wrote Dr. Caleb.

PSR J0941-4046 was discovered by accident when Dr. Caleb’s team, who are running the MeerTRAP project using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope, looked into the Vela-X 1 region. The strange object appeared as a The pulse or flash lasts about 300 milliseconds.

The study was published in a scientific journal Nature Communication.