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Scientists have discovered a mysterious new object, located within the galaxy M82, using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope–and it’s not like anything we’ve seen before.

The new object is a micro-quasar, a sort of miniature version of the brightest objects in the night sky, and could be the brightest one ever discovered, according to Space.com.

What’s strange is that, unlike other micro-quasars, it began shooting out radio waves last year very rapidly–within a few days–and hasn’t died down, unlike other supernovae. In fact, it has even become a bit brighter, the report said.

“We think a massive black hole must be involved, but we don’t really understand how it’s getting fueled,” said researcher Tom Muxlow, a radio astronomer at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, in the report. (Image credit: NASA/Spitzer)