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Slow-spinning radio neutron star breaks all the rules


Australian scientists from the University of Sydney and Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, have detected what is likely a neutron star spinning slower than any other ever measured.

Artist’s depiction of CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope with two versions of the mysterious celestial object: neutron star or white dwarf? “We were simultaneously monitoring a source of gamma rays and seeking a fast radio burst when I spotted this object slowly flashing in the data. “It might even prompt us to reconsider our decades-old understanding of neutron stars or white dwarfs; how they emit radio waves and what their populations are like in our Milky Way galaxy,” Dr Caleb said.

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