{
  "id": 6144681,
  "title": "Rare pulsar unleashes 114 giant pulses in a single hour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/rare-pulsar-unleashes-114-giant-pulses-in-a-single-hour",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-07T13:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-rare-pulsar-unleashes-giant-pulses.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Astronomers have detected extreme, never-before-seen behavior from a rare kind of pulsar and stumbled on a surprising link to one of astronomy's biggest current mysteries. Using 174 hours of radio observations, researchers detected PSR J1227-4853, a rapidly spinning neutron star known as a \"transitional millisecond pulsar,\" which unleashes hundreds of ultrashort, ultrapowerful \"giant pulses.\"…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}