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

Source digest from NASA. Published by the source Nov 9, 2026.

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

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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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