Something is flashing at us from space – and scientists have no idea what it is

Scientists have been left stunned by a mysterious, regular signal that is flashing at us from deep in space.

The new type of cosmic phenomenon has only become more mysterious with further examination, scientists say.

The object in question is 15,000 light years from Earth and is known as ASKAP J1832-0911. It sends out pulses of radio waves and X-rays on a regular schedule: for two minutes, every 44 minutes.

It was found with an Australian telescope that spotted radio signals coming from a specific part of space. Nasa’s Chandra X-ray Observatory was coincidentally looking at that same part of space – and found that the object was emitting X-rays as well as radio pulses.

It is the first time that one of these mysterious objects, known as an LPT, has been spotted sending out X-rays as wel