“‘Slow transients’ – like supernovae – might appear over the course of a few days and disappear after a few months. ‘Fast transients’ – like a type of neutron star called a pulsar ...

Typically, transients represent either a dying ... The on-off blinking is too fast to be a supernova and too slow to be a pulsar; GLEAM's one-minute-long brightening pattern defies explanation ...

"We're also detecting long-period transients, which remain mysterious objects within our galaxy. Both fast radio bursts and these transients were first discovered in Australia, so it is great that ...