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Robert Lea

Star-size black hole is emitting radio signals that scientists can't explain

An illustration of a stellar mass black hole blasting out a micrcoquasar (inset) the FAST telescope registering emissions from this event

Astronomers have spotted mysterious changes in a jet of highly magnetic plasma blasted out by a small black hole that is gorging on gas and dust. 

The feature takes the form of periodic changes in the jet  occurring within a fraction of a second that have been detected by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in China.

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