Astronomers Discover New Class of X-Ray Objects

This composite image shows the locations of hypersoft X-ray sources in the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101. Image credit: NASA / CXC / Univ. of Alabama / Muhibullah et al. / ESA / STScI / SAO / N. Wolk.

Named ‘hypersoft X-ray sources,’ these objects give off very low-energy X-rays that are difficult to detect.

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