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Astronomers Detect 84 Mysterious Objects in Nearby Galaxies Unlike Anything They've Seen Before

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Astronomers mining NASA’s Chandra archive found 84 previously overlooked “hypersoft” sources across six galaxies, including Andromeda, that appear to emit most of their enormous energy in extreme ultraviolet—radiation that could ionize interstellar gas and influence how quickly galaxies form stars. They remained hidden because their X-rays fall almost entirely below 0.3 keV, while intervening gas absorbs their ultraviolet light.