{"id":50545,"date":"2021-10-14T15:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T19:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50545"},"modified":"2021-10-14T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T19:55:13","slug":"strange-radio-waves-emerge-from-direction-of-the-galactic-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/strange-radio-waves-emerge-from-direction-of-the-galactic-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"“Strange radio waves emerge from direction of the galactic centre”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: University of Sydney<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Strange radio waves emerge from direction of the galactic centre<\/a><\/h1>\n

A signal from deep in the Milky Way is tantalising scientists<\/h3>\n

International student Ziteng Wang detected unusual signals from deep in the heart of the Milky Way using CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope. Now astronomers are on the search for more evidence of what type object could be emitting them.<\/p>\n

Astronomers have discovered unusual signals coming from the direction of the Milky Way\u2019s centre. The radio waves fit no currently understood pattern of variable radio source and could suggest a new class of stellar object.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strangest property of this new signal is that it is has a very high polarisation. This means its light oscillates in only one direction, but that direction rotates with time,\u201d said Ziteng Wang, lead author of the new study and a PhD student in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney.<\/p>\n