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Scientists have discovered an unusual source of radio waves in space

Australian astrophysicists have discovered a space source of radio waves that has strong magnetic radiation. Scientists have never seen anything like this before: an unidentified object emits a radio signal three times an hour and presumably rotates. The cosmic body is located quite close to Earth - at a distance of 4,000 light years, which, according to astrophysicist Natasha Hurley-Walker, is ‘our galactic backyard’. The unusual find was discovered by Tyrone O'Doherty, a graduate student of...

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