New kind of star found!

FYI... any comments/speculations?

Lollo

New Kind of Star Found

An international team of astronomers has discovered a new class of
stars--massively compressed old neutron stars that seem inactive but for
intermittent bursts of radio waves. Dubbing them rotating radio transients
(RRATs), the researchers note that their isolated outbursts last for as few
as two milliseconds and are separated by gaps as long as three hours.

more here
http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5f11727...1-ff3310707762

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I read (either in New Scientist or
Scientific American) about "Quark Stars" - stars that are in between n stars
and black holes... If you'd like more information, I can try to post it
up...

"Laurence E" wrote in message
...
FYI... any comments/speculations?

Lollo

New Kind of Star Found

An international team of astronomers has discovered a new class of
stars--massively compressed old neutron stars that seem inactive but for
intermittent bursts of radio waves. Dubbing them rotating radio transients
(RRATs), the researchers note that their isolated outbursts last for as
few
as two milliseconds and are separated by gaps as long as three hours.

more here
http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5f11727...1-ff3310707762