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Robert Lea

Astronomers crack the case of a mysterious deep space radio signal that repeats every 2 hours

An illustration of a red dwarf (left) and a white dwarf (center) orbiting each other. .

Astronomers have cracked the case of a mysterious repeating radio signal that has been a mystery since it was uncovered last year.

The team tracked the signal back to a strange binary system containing a dead star or "white dwarf" and a red dwarf stellar companion. The radio pulse repeats every 2 hours and was first detected a decade ago. It came from the direction of the Big Dipper.

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