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NASA says Chandra found a hidden companion behind a giant star's outbursts
“scientists identified the culprit behind the eruptions—a hidden companion to the volatile star.”
“either a stellar-mass black hole, or the dense collapsed core of a massive star called a neutron star.”
— NASA (@NASA) X post Tue 10 Nov, 19:00 ET (article Mon 9 Nov, 13:55 ET, per page metadata)
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Official post · not independently verified. NASA wrote that "scientists identified the culprit behind the eruptions—a hidden companion to the volatile star." Its article said this companion of the star AT 2016blu is "either a stellar-mass black hole, or the dense collapsed core of a massive star called a neutron star." On X: 287,678 views and 282 reposts as of Wed 11 Nov, 04:13 ET.