Dec. 19 (UPI) -- New images captured by NASA's NEOWISE satellite revealed a pattern of brightening emanating from a newfound star named Gaia 17bpi. The brightening suggests the young star is experiencing a growth spurt.
NEOWISE's observation reflect those made by European Space Agency's Gaia satellite, the spacecraft that first identified the star. The two datasets collected by Gaia and NEOWISE suggest the stellar object belongs to a class of stars that gains mass as material swirling around it is pulled inward and incorporated into the star's body.