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Mysterious Binary System Discovered in NGC 1851
- 17 Feb 2024
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- Researchers have found a mysterious pair of orbiting objects in the globular cluster NGC 1851, located in the Columba constellation.
- Using the MeerKAT Radio Telescope in South Africa, they detected weak pulses emitted by the system. One object, identified as a Neutron Star pulsar, emits regular radio pulses, while the other, possibly a black hole or another neutron star, is invisible in various spectra. The discovery raises the possibility of a pulsar-black hole system, offering insights into extreme conditions in the universe.
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