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Astronomers discover long-period radio transient of unknown origin
- March 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Using the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP), astronomers have discovered a new long-period radio transient source, which received the designation ASKAP J142431.2–612611 (ASKAP J1424 for short). The newfound transient has a period of approximately 36 minutes and its nature is unknown. The finding was reported in a paper published March 9 on the arXiv preprint server.
Originally published at Phys.org