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Tour: NASA's Chandra Discovers Giant Black Holes on Collision Course (02-22-2023)
A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses.
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A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Discovers Giant Black Holes on Collision Course (02-22-2023)
A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses.
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A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses.
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Tour: Untangling a Knot of Galaxy Clusters (01-30-2023)
Astronomers have captured a spectacular, ongoing collision between at least three galaxy clusters. Data from Chandra, XMM-Newton, and a trio of radio telescopes are helping astronomers sort out what is happening in this jumbled scene.
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Astronomers have captured a spectacular, ongoing collision between at least three galaxy clusters. Data from Chandra, XMM-Newton, and a trio of radio telescopes are helping astronomers sort out what is happening in this jumbled scene.
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Quick Look: Untangling a Knot of Galaxy Clusters (01-30-2023)
Astronomers have captured a spectacular, ongoing collision between at least three galaxy clusters. Data from Chandra, XMM-Newton, and a trio of radio telescopes are helping astronomers sort out what is happening in this jumbled scene.
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-- Untangling a Knot of Galaxy Clusters
Astronomers have captured a spectacular, ongoing collision between at least three galaxy clusters. Data from Chandra, XMM-Newton, and a trio of radio telescopes are helping astronomers sort out what is happening in this jumbled scene.
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Quick Look: Astronomers Dig Out Buried Black Holes With NASA's Chandra (01-11-2023)
A new survey using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has uncovered hundreds of previously "hidden" black holes.
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A new survey using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has uncovered hundreds of previously "hidden" black holes.
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Tour: Astronomers Dig Out Buried Black Holes With NASA's Chandra (01-11-2023)
A new survey using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has uncovered hundreds of previously "hidden" black holes.
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A new survey using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has uncovered hundreds of previously "hidden" black holes.
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Quick Look: The Enduring Stellar Lifecycle in 30 Doradus (01-09-2023)
The "Tarantula Nebula" (officially known as 30 Doradus) is available in a composite image of Chandra and JWST data for the first time.
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The "Tarantula Nebula" (officially known as 30 Doradus) is available in a composite image of Chandra and JWST data for the first time.
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Tour: Chandra Sees Stellar X-rays Exceeding Safety Limits (12-15-2022)
A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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Quick Look: Chandra Sees Stellar X-rays Exceeding Safety Limits (12-15-2022)
A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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-- Chandra Sees Stellar X-rays Exceeding Safety Limits
A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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Tour: Astronomers See Stellar Self-Control in Action (11-29-2022)
A study of RCW 36 shows that stars in a cluster can limit how many new stars form when the biggest and brightest members expel most of the gas from the system, thus drastically slowing down star birth.
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A study of RCW 36 shows that stars in a cluster can limit how many new stars form when the biggest and brightest members expel most of the gas from the system, thus drastically slowing down star birth.
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