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The study published on 9 September in Nature Astronomy identifies 84 sources in six galaxies by reanalysing Chandra observations. [1][2]
Mustafa Muhibullah’s team calls them “hypersoft”. They could include different systems, including stars receiving matter from a companion. [2]
The bright side
The public archive has revealed a celestial population that previous searches had largely missed. [2]
Straight from the source.
- NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects NASA · 9 Sept 2026
- Hypersoft X-ray Sources as a Low-Energy Class of Luminous Cosmic Emitters Mustafa Muhibullah, Jimmy A. Irwin e Rosanne Di Stefano — manoscritto fornito da Chandra · No publication date provided
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