Cue the sci-fi music: astronomers just spotted a cosmic oddball pulsing every 44 minutes in our Milky Way! Dubbed ASKAP J1832-0911, this mysterious object, 15,000 light-years away, blasts X-rays and radio waves like a galactic disco ball. Caught by Australia’s ASKAP telescope and NASA’s Chandra Observatory, it’s a “long-period radio transient” that’s got scientists scratching their heads. Is it an ultra-slow magnetar or something wilder? Beam me up, this is out of this world!
Scientists Spot Mysterious Object in Our Galaxy Pulsing Every 44 Minutes