Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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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. The paper posted to the arXiv preprint server on Aug. 21 discusses the rare event that may have caused...

Bizarre galactic radio source remains active for two decades with no detectable X-rays
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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. The paper posted to the arXiv preprint server on Aug. 21 discusses the rare event that may have caused this bizarre radio emission.

Originally published at Phys.org

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