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Strobe-like Flashes Discovered in a Suspected Binary Protostar (Video and Story)

Protostar LRLL 54361
Image caption below. Source: Hubblesite.org

Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to uncover a mysterious infant star that behaves like a police strobe light.

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Every 25.34 days, the object, designated LRLL 54361, unleashes a burst of light. Though a similar phenomenon has been seen in two other young stellar objects, this is the most powerful such beacon seen to date.

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