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Unique Radio Signals Discovered from Binary Star System

5/17/2025

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Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of unique radio signals from a pair of stars—a white dwarf and a red dwarf—orbiting each other every 125 minutes. This revelation, spearheaded by Dr. Iris De Ruiter, defies the notion that only neutron stars emit such bursts, opening the door to the possibility of many more hidden binary systems in our galaxy.

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Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of unique radio signals from a pair of stars—a white dwarf and a red dwarf—orbiting each other every 125 minutes. This revelation, spearheaded by Dr. Iris De Ruiter, defies the notion that only neutron stars emit such bursts, opening the door to the possibility of many more hidden binary systems in our galaxy.