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Object over 10 million times brighter than sun baffles scientists

By Brady Knox
Published May 10, 2023 10:10pm ET
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Object over 10 million times brighter than sun baffles scientists
In this illustration of an ultra-luminous X-ray source, two rivers of hot gas are pulled onto the surface of a neutron star. Strong magnetic fields, shown in green, may change the interaction of matter and light near neutron stars’ surface, increasing how bright they can become. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Scientists are scrambling to understand a celestial object that glows over 10 million times brighter than the sun and is upending the current understanding of physics.

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