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Article says it's a theoretically possible object described as "slow magnetar".
by delcaran 5y ago
Article says it's a theoretically possible object described as "slow magnetar".
- okokwhatever 5y agoDon't be so serious my friend, it was an easy joke, i know :)
- ianai 5y agoIs that really that mysterious? Just seems they went out of their way for clickbaity title.
- dekhn 5y agoThat's correct. The original paper doesn't call it mysterious, just "unusual". Science PR people are under a lot of stress to get pageviews.
- rbanffy 5y agoThe original description was most likely “hmmm… that’s funny”.
- Vetch 5y agoThe mysterious (unpredicted/as yet unexplained) aspect is the precise physics of its emission properties. It's a refinement of known physics sure, but that doesn't make it less interesting. Not unlike how finally completing a full physics accounting for how bicycles remain upright would be fascinating even if positively pedestrian.