Unknown object in Milky Way found emitting both X-rays and radio waves

What just happened? An international team of researchers have discovered a cosmic anomaly unlike anything previously witnessed. The object in question, located roughly 15,000 light-years away in our very own Milky Way galaxy, has been observed emitting both radio waves and X-ray radiation. The celestial body, dubbed ASKAP J1832- 0911, was initially found by astronomers using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), a radio telescope located in Australia. Another look using NASA's Chandra X-Ray telescope found the object also emitted X-rays in an unusual yet predictable pattern. Every 44 minutes, the object flashes both radio waves and X-rays for two minutes straight. Team leader Zieng (Andy) Wang said the object is unlike anything they have seen before, although its origins are likely not as mysterious as one might initially think. Wang said the object could very well be what's left of a dead star with powerful magnetic fields, called a magnetar – or perhaps someth ... Read full article.