"Groundbreaking Discovery: Unveiling Two New Rotating Radio Transients"

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Astronomers using the Large Phased Array (LPA) radio telescope in Russia have discovered two new rotating radio transients (RRATs), a subclass of pulsars characterized by sporadic emission. The newly detected RRATs, named J0249+52 and J0744+55, were found through 10 months of observations and expand the list of detected RRATs with LPA to 48 objects. The nature of these transients remains unclear, but they are believed to be pulsars with very long nulling. Further observations are needed to confirm this hypothesis.
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