02/02/2026
Short, quiet flashes of energy are lighting up the center of our Galaxy in a way astronomers rarely see.
Using the South Pole Telescope in Antarctica, researchers have detected brief millimeter-wave flares coming from white dwarf star systems near the Milky Way’s core. Each burst lasts about a day and appears to be driven by magnetic activity in disks of gas swirling around these dense stars.
These observations open a new window on how compact stellar systems release energy, and they show that millimeter astronomy is becoming a powerful tool for catching cosmic events in the act.
Read the full story to see how scientists found these hidden flashes and why they matter for understanding our Galaxy.
https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/space-science/south-pole-telescope-detects-rare-flares-from-galactic-white-dwarfs