The Carrots relations enjoy a drink too many ?

From TheRegister:-

Astronomers identify mysterious 'burper'

US astronomers reckon they may have identified a previously unknown type of space object after recording an unusual and potent burst of radio waves from the centre of our galaxy.

Scientists have nicknamed object GCRT J1745-3009 a "burper", Reuters reports. Lead boffin Scott Hyman explained: "An image of the Galactic center, made by collecting radio waves of about 1 meter (3 feet) in wavelength, revealed multiple bursts from the source during a seven-hour period from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, 2002 - five bursts in fact, and repeating at remarkably constant intervals."
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The mystery object is estimated to lie between 300 and 24,000 light-years from Earth. Astronomers say GCRT J1745-3009 cannot be a pulsar, but could be a brown dwarf or magnetar - an "exotic star with an extremely powerful magnetic field". It was discovered following analysis of data collected by the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico.



Hmmm......?



The Carrot tells us she has other colleagues out there, she enjoyed a drink last night due to the storms and this strange new intergalactic object is described as "exotic".

Methinks they're onto you, Lucretia.

Also, I loved the way that TheRegister couldn't get through a news story like this without using the word 'boffin'.....

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