Mysterious Binary System Discovered in NGC 1851 | 17 Feb 2024

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.