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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Sgr A jet in 60 Seconds (12-05-2013)
Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on large and small scales.
- Related Links:
-- New Evidence For A Jet From Milky Way's Black Hole
Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on large and small scales.
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- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- New Evidence For A Jet From Milky Way's Black Hole
M31 in 60 Seconds (06-18-2013)
Many consider Andromeda, also known as Messier 31, to be a sister galaxy to our own Milky Way.
- Related Links:
-- Black Hole Bonanza Turns up in Galaxy Next Door
-- Tour of M31
Many consider Andromeda, also known as Messier 31, to be a sister galaxy to our own Milky Way.
- Download Video (105.1 MB, Runtime: 2:27)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Black Hole Bonanza Turns up in Galaxy Next Door
-- Tour of M31
Learn About Black Holes (12-27-2012)
If a star has three times or more the mass of the sun and collapses, it can form a black hole.
- Related Links:
-- Learn About Black Holes
If a star has three times or more the mass of the sun and collapses, it can form a black hole.
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- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Learn About Black Holes
PKS 0745 in 60 Seconds (12-18-2012)
Some of the biggest black holes in the Universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought.
- Related Links:
-- From Super to Ultra: Just How Big Can Black Holes Get?
-- Tour of PKS 0745
Some of the biggest black holes in the Universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought.
- Download Video (52.1 MB, Runtime: 1:34)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- From Super to Ultra: Just How Big Can Black Holes Get?
-- Tour of PKS 0745
NGC 4342 and NGC 4291 in 60 Seconds (06-13-2012)
Astronomers think that just about every galaxy has a giant black hole at its center.
- Related Links:
-- Black Hole Growth Found to be Out of Synch
-- Tour of NGC 4342 and NGC 4291
Astronomers think that just about every galaxy has a giant black hole at its center.
- Download Video (33.9 MB, Runtime: 1:38)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Black Hole Growth Found to be Out of Synch
-- Tour of NGC 4342 and NGC 4291
CID-42 in 60 Seconds (06-04-2012)
At the center of a galaxy some 4 billion light years from Earth, something extraordinary is happening. This galaxy, known as CID-42, contains a giant black hole.
- Related Links:
-- Giant Black Hole Kicked Out of Home Galaxy
-- Tour of CID-42
At the center of a galaxy some 4 billion light years from Earth, something extraordinary is happening. This galaxy, known as CID-42, contains a giant black hole.
- Download Video (33.7 MB, Runtime: 1:43)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Giant Black Hole Kicked Out of Home Galaxy
-- Tour of CID-42
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