Artist’s impression of ASKAP J173608.2-321635 by Sebastian Zentilomo.
Artist's impression of ASKAP J173608.2-321635 by Sebastian Zentilomo. International student Ziteng Wang detected unusual signals from deep in the heart of the Milky Way using CSIRO's ASKAP radio telescope. Now astronomers are on the search for more evidence of what type of object could be emitting them. Astronomers have discovered unusual signals coming from the direction of the Milky Way's centre. The radio waves fit no currently understood pattern of variable radio source and could suggest a new class of stellar object. "The strangest property of this new signal is that it is has a very high polarisation. This means its light oscillates in only one direction, but that direction rotates with time," said Ziteng Wang , lead author of the new study and a PhD candidate in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney.
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