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New Radio Object Discovered: Spins Every 841 Seconds!

7/15/2025

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Astronomers have unveiled CHIME J1634+44, a groundbreaking radio-emitting object that spins every 841 seconds and exhibits distinctive circular polarization. Detected through the CHIME/FRB survey, its accelerating rotation hints at a possible binary interaction, promising to reshape our understanding of long-period transients and their mysterious origins.

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Astronomers have unveiled CHIME J1634+44, a groundbreaking radio-emitting object that spins every 841 seconds and exhibits distinctive circular polarization. Detected through the CHIME/FRB survey, its accelerating rotation hints at a possible binary interaction, promising to reshape our understanding of long-period transients and their mysterious origins.