Space.com highlights radio observations revealing storms on a star more than 5,000 light-years from Earth.
Astronomers traced mysterious radio signals to a white dwarf paired with a Sun-like star, Space.com reports. According to EdgeStateSI, the white dwarf spins every 7.9 minutes, but the pulses appear for only about six hours of each 32-hour orbit.
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@EdgeStateSIBefore anyone says aliens: the "mysterious radio signal every 8 minutes" in Nature Astronomy today is a dead star. A white dwarf spinning once every 7.9 minutes, orbiting a star a lot like our Sun. The pulses only show for about 6 hours of every 32 hour orbit, so the team nearly gave up on it. Cool physics, zero ET.
@SPACEdotcom"It’s amazing that by using radio wavelengths, we can detect the storms on a star over 5,000 light-years away." https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/astronomers-trace-mystery-radio-signals-back-to-cosmic-odd-couple-of-white-dwarf-and-sun-like-star
@SEV7NTHWIRE📡 A dead star is beeping at us every 8 minutes! Astronomers found a white dwarf (the leftover core of a dead star) about 5,000 light-years away sending radio pulses as it circles a star much like our Sun. It's the first time such signals were traced to a white dwarf with a Sun-like partner, and the pulses even revealed flares on that star. 🌟 #Space #Astronomy #Science #SEV7NTHWIRE@EdgeStateSIBefore anyone says aliens: the "mysterious radio signal every 8 minutes" in Nature Astronomy today is a dead star. A white dwarf spinning once every 7.9 minutes, orbiting a star a lot like our Sun. The pulses only show for about 6 hours of every 32 hour orbit, so the team nearly gave up on it. Cool physics, zero ET.@SPACEdotcom"It’s amazing that by using radio wavelengths, we can detect the storms on a star over 5,000 light-years away." https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/astronomers-trace-mystery-radio-signals-back-to-cosmic-odd-couple-of-white-dwarf-and-sun-like-star@SEV7NTHWIRE📡 A dead star is beeping at us every 8 minutes! Astronomers found a white dwarf (the leftover core of a dead star) about 5,000 light-years away sending radio pulses as it circles a star much like our Sun. It's the first time such signals were traced to a white dwarf with a Sun-like partner, and the pulses even revealed flares on that star. 🌟 #Space #Astronomy #Science #SEV7NTHWIRE@EdgeStateSIBefore anyone says aliens: the "mysterious radio signal every 8 minutes" in Nature Astronomy today is a dead star. A white dwarf spinning once every 7.9 minutes, orbiting a star a lot like our Sun. The pulses only show for about 6 hours of every 32 hour orbit, so the team nearly gave up on it. Cool physics, zero ET.@SPACEdotcom"It’s amazing that by using radio wavelengths, we can detect the storms on a star over 5,000 light-years away." https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/astronomers-trace-mystery-radio-signals-back-to-cosmic-odd-couple-of-white-dwarf-and-sun-like-star@SEV7NTHWIRE📡 A dead star is beeping at us every 8 minutes! Astronomers found a white dwarf (the leftover core of a dead star) about 5,000 light-years away sending radio pulses as it circles a star much like our Sun. It's the first time such signals were traced to a white dwarf with a Sun-like partner, and the pulses even revealed flares on that star. 🌟 #Space #Astronomy #Science #SEV7NTHWIRE@EdgeStateSIBefore anyone says aliens: the "mysterious radio signal every 8 minutes" in Nature Astronomy today is a dead star. A white dwarf spinning once every 7.9 minutes, orbiting a star a lot like our Sun. The pulses only show for about 6 hours of every 32 hour orbit, so the team nearly gave up on it. Cool physics, zero ET.@SPACEdotcom"It’s amazing that by using radio wavelengths, we can detect the storms on a star over 5,000 light-years away." https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/astronomers-trace-mystery-radio-signals-back-to-cosmic-odd-couple-of-white-dwarf-and-sun-like-star@SEV7NTHWIRE📡 A dead star is beeping at us every 8 minutes! Astronomers found a white dwarf (the leftover core of a dead star) about 5,000 light-years away sending radio pulses as it circles a star much like our Sun. It's the first time such signals were traced to a white dwarf with a Sun-like partner, and the pulses even revealed flares on that star. 🌟 #Space #Astronomy #Science #SEV7NTHWIRE
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