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Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988 (arstechnica.com)

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On Wednesday, researchers announced the discovery of a new astronomical enigma. The new object, GPM J1839–10, behaves a bit like a pulsar, sending out regular bursts of radio energy. But the physics that drives pulsars means that they'd stop emitting if they slowed down too much, and almost every pulsar we know of blinks at least once per minute.

GPM J1839–10 takes 22 minutes between pulses. We have no idea what kind of physics or what kind of objects can power that.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Road trip! Let's go check it out!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How much should I pack? 2, 3 changes of clothes?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I don't know, I always over pack, so...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Make sure to also grab 100 tampons, just in case.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Make that 22,222,222,222,222,222

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We're going on an adventure.