A radio transient with unusually slow periodic emission - Nature.com

A radio transient with unusually slow periodic emission - Nature.com
Analysis of archival low-frequency radio data from the Murchison Widefield Array reveals a periodic transient with an unusual periodicity of 18.18?min, the source of which is localized to our Galaxy and could be an ultra-long-period magnetar.
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