{
  "id": 781481,
  "title": "Synchronized Stars Power Cosmic Radio Laser",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/synchronized-stars-power-cosmic-radio-laser",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Caltech News",
    "slug": "caltech-news",
    "url": "https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/synchronized-stars-power-cosmic-radio-laser"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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. In recent years, astronomers have been puzzled by the fact that a handful of…",
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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."
}