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Immensely powerful 'magnetar' is emitting wobbly radio signals in our galaxy — and scientists can't explain them

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A magnetar that"woke up" in 2018 after years of radio silence emitted strange, wobbly radio signals — and scientists cannot explain them, new studies show. The findings suggest that the universe's most powerful magnets are even weirder than we initially realized.

In December 2018, a city-size magnetar named XTE J1810-197, which was first discovered in 2003, reappeared to astronomers thanks to one of these outbursts after more than a decade of radio silence. Ever since, the magnetar, which is located around 8,000 light-years from Earth, has continued to spit radio pulses toward our planet, enabling researchers to monitor the celestial object with some of the world's largest radio telescopes.

By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.Initially, researchers assumed that the signal's wobble was the result of"free precession," where slight asymmetries in the magnetar's spherical shape cause it to wobble like a spinning top.

 

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