The Signal That Shouldn't Exist: Something Is Pulsing Every 22 Minutes
Show Notes
Deep in the Scutum constellation, something is broadcasting. GPM J1839-10, a mysterious celestial object, has been pulsing powerful radio bursts toward Earth every 22 minutes with clockwork precision since before many listeners were born. The signal should be impossible. According to everything we know about dead stars, this one crossed the 'death line' long ago — the point where pulsars go silent forever. And yet, it keeps calling.
Sources & References
- A rare, mysterious radio source is stumping astronomers - Astronomy Magazine
- GPM J1839-10 - Wikipedia
- Dead star has been transmitting a signal every 22 minutes for 33 years - Earth.com
- A highly magnetized long-period radio transient exhibiting unusual emission features - Science Advances
- Puzzling slow radio pulses are coming from space - The Conversation
