NASA says Chandra observations identify a cause of repeated outbursts from a massive star
NASA said Chandra observations helped identify the trigger for repeated outbursts from AT 2016blu, a massive star in galaxy NGC 4559.
NASA said astronomers used its Chandra X-ray Observatory to study recurrent outbursts from AT 2016blu in NGC 4559, about 30 million light-years from Earth.
The agency estimated that the unstable star has at least 33 times the Sun's mass.