That implies the radio wave blasts of CHIME J1634+44 are being generated in a way that is unique for this dead star.

What is also weird about these pulses is the fact that they arrive in pairs, but only when the dead star in the CHIME J1634+44 binary has spun several times without emitting a burst.

“The time between pulse pairs seems to follow a choreographed pattern,” team member and ASTRON astronomer Harish Vedantham said in a statement. “We think the pattern holds crucial information about how the companion triggers the white dwarf to emit radio waves.