NASA’s Chandra Finds Source of Star’s Mysterious Outbursts

Source: NASA Science · 2026-11-09T18:55:50.000Z · Science

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered what is triggering repeated outbursts from a giant, unstable star. A new study, published Monday in the latest issue of The Astrophysical Journal, details the discovery of a previously hidden companion object that keeps pulling material away from the massive star every 113 days as they orbit […]

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