Synchronized Stars Power Cosmic Radio Laser

August 22, 2026 Universe Today

Synchronized Stars Power Cosmic Radio Laser
By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/Dzkg5XK)

Artwork of a white dwarf–M dwarf binary stars. 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. Credit: Elias Most (AI-generated)

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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