# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DK-L92hs3ci
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31471566-opticaworldwide-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b704d6c1c6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-06-16T18:26:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

## Caption

Image of the Week: A Star Like No Other

Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving fresh clues about the origin of a new class of mysterious objects called long period radio transients. Discovered in 2022, these objects vary in radio wave intensity in a regular way over tens of minutes. Read more.

—X-ray: NASA/CXC/ICRAR, Curtin Univ./Z. Wang et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/CalTech/IPAC; Radio: SARAO/MeerKAT; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

*Link in Bio

#star #nasa #radiowaves 
nasa

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## Tags

radiowaves, nasa, star

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