This disappearing space object is emitting giant, highly-polarized radio bursts every 20 minutes
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Astronomers have discovered a "really weird" object 4,000 lightyears away from Earth, a study published in Nature on Wednesday said. The object disappears from view every other minute and emits a giant burst of radio waves three times an hour.
The mysterious object was first seen by Curtin University student Tyrone O'Doherty when he was observing the sky in outback Western Australia. "It's exciting that the source I identified last year has turned out to be such a peculiar object," O'Doherty said in a press release.
The object, which the astronomers say is unlike anything else they've discovered, sends out a massive beam of radiation that, every 20 minutes, becomes one of the brightest in the sky. It also spins and disappears every other minute.