Mysterious Object Beaming Strange Signals to Earth

Astronomers have discovered a cosmic anomaly that’s throwing out pulses of radio waves and X-rays every 44 minutes, and they’re stumped. Dubbed ASKAP J1832-0911, the object was detected by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, and it’s unlike anything seen before.

“This object is unlike anything we have seen before,” said Andy Wang, an astronomer at Curtin University and lead author of a new study published in Nature. “ASKAP J1832-0911...