Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy.An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object 맥스카지노� perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely 맥스카지노� is emitting X-rays around the same time it맥스카지노�s shooting out radio waves. What맥스카지노�s more, the cycle repeats every 44 minutes, at least during periods of extreme activity.Related video above: The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists sayLocated 15,000 light-years away in a region of the Milky Way brimming with stars, gas and dust, this object could be a highly magnetized dead star like a neutron or white dwarf, Curtin University맥스카지노�s Ziteng Andy Wang said in an email from Australia.Or it could be 맥스카지노�something exotic맥스카지노� and unknown, said Wang, lead author of the study published in the journal Nature.NASA맥스카지노�s Chandra X-ray Observatory spotted the X-ray emissions by chance last year while focusing on a supernova remnant, or the remains of an exploded star. Wang said it was the first time X-rays had been seen coming from a so-called long-period radio transient, a rare object that cycles through radio signals over tens of minutes.Given the uncertain distance, astronomers can't tell if the weird object is associated with the supernova remnant or not. A single light-year is 5.8 trillion miles.The hyperactive phase of this object 맥스카지노� designated ASKAP J1832−091 맥스카지노� appeared to last about a month. Outside of that period, the star did not emit any noticeable X-rays. That could mean more of these objects may be out there, scientists said.맥스카지노�While our discovery doesn맥스카지노�t yet solve the mystery of what these objects are and may even deepen it, studying them brings us closer to two possibilities,맥스카지노� Wang said. 맥스카지노�Either we are uncovering something entirely new, or we맥스카지노�re seeing a known type of object emitting radio and X-ray waves in a way we맥스카지노�ve never observed before.맥스카지노�Launched in 1999, Chandra orbits tens of thousands of miles above Earth, observing some of the hottest, high-energy objects in the universe.___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute맥스카지노�s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.