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I understand the problem of sensationalism but maybe you're downplaying this one too much? The object pulses at an unusual frequency that's never before been ob
by Vetch 5y ago
I understand the problem of sensationalism but maybe you're downplaying this one too much? The object pulses at an unusual frequency that's never before been observed, that's something with high suprisal relative to what's known.
> We find that the source pulses every 18.18 min, an unusual periodicity that has, to our knowledge, not been observed previously.
The mysterious (as yet unexplained) aspect of it will require updating models's physics to account for its unusual emission properties. The lead researcher herself distinguished it from known types of objects and states "completely unexpected [object]...nobody thought would be able to produce this kind of emission".
- dekhn 5y agoI have no problem with the statement "completely unexpected that nobody thought would be able to produce this kind of emission". Nothing is being downplayed; the history of astronomy is littered with events like this. If they get enough data and can explain it, astronomy will be updated slightly.