Synchronized Stars Power Cosmic Radio Laser

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Artwork of a white dwarf–M dwarf binary stars.</p><p>The white dwarf's magnetic field lines, which are stronger than those from the M dwarf, play a key role in creating long-period bursts of radio emission observed from binary stars like these.</p><p>Credit: Elias Most (AI-generated)https://www.universetoday.com/article_images/WD_MD.original_20260822_182847.png" width="1280" />

Researchers have helped unravel the mystery of why certain pairs of stars pulse with regular, long-period bursts of radio waves.

The particular class of objects they observed come in pairs that always include a compact dead star, called a white dwarf, locked in orbit with an M dwarf, a red star smaller than our Sun.

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