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Tour: PJ352-15 (03-09-2021)
Astronomers may have found the most distant supermassive black hole with a jet detected in X-rays using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Gigantic Jet Spied From Black Hole in Early Universe
Astronomers may have found the most distant supermassive black hole with a jet detected in X-rays using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Gigantic Jet Spied From Black Hole in Early Universe
Tour: Supernova 1987A Pulsar Wind Nebula (02-23-2021)
Astronomers have found evidence for the existence of a neutron star at the center of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), which scientists have been seeking for over three decades.
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-- Reclusive Neutron Star May Have Been Found in Famous Supernova Around Old Red Dwarfs
Astronomers have found evidence for the existence of a neutron star at the center of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), which scientists have been seeking for over three decades.
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-- Reclusive Neutron Star May Have Been Found in Famous Supernova Around Old Red Dwarfs
Tour: Sagittarius A East (02-08-2021)
Astronomers have found evidence for an unusual type of supernova near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
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-- Sagittarius A East: Rare Blast's Remains Discovered in Milky Way Center
Astronomers have found evidence for an unusual type of supernova near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
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-- Sagittarius A East: Rare Blast's Remains Discovered in Milky Way Center
Tour: Triple Galaxy Mergers (01-14-2021)
When three galaxies collide, what happens to the central black holes growing at the cores of each?
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-- Galaxies Hit Single, Doubles, and a Triple (Growing Black Holes)
When three galaxies collide, what happens to the central black holes growing at the cores of each?
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-- Galaxies Hit Single, Doubles, and a Triple (Growing Black Holes)
Tour: Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar (01-08-2021)
In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic stars, with the discovery of a magnetar.
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-- Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar
In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic stars, with the discovery of a magnetar.
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-- Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar
Tour: On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole (12-17-2020)
Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh billions of times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.
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-- On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole
Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh billions of times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.
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-- On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole
Tour: Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound (11-30-2020)
A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects.
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-- Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound
A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects.
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-- Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound
Tour: A Cosmic Amethyst in a Dying Star (11-12-2020)
Astronomers using Chandra have found a bubble of ultra-hot gas at the center of a planetary nebula in our galaxy called IC 4593.
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-- A Cosmic Amethyst in a Dying Star
Astronomers using Chandra have found a bubble of ultra-hot gas at the center of a planetary nebula in our galaxy called IC 4593.
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-- A Cosmic Amethyst in a Dying Star
Tour: Assessing The Habitability of Planets Around Old Red Dwarfs (10-30-2020)
A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope gives new insight into an important question: how habitable are planets that orbit the most common type of stars in the Galaxy?
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-- Assessing The Habitability of Planets Around Old Red Dwarfs
A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope gives new insight into an important question: how habitable are planets that orbit the most common type of stars in the Galaxy?
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-- Assessing The Habitability of Planets Around Old Red Dwarfs
Tour: The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets (10-14-2020)
Scientists have studied more than 700 quasars -- rapidly growing supermassive black holes -- to isolate the factors that determine why some of these black holes launch jets and others do not.
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-- The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets
Scientists have studied more than 700 quasars -- rapidly growing supermassive black holes -- to isolate the factors that determine why some of these black holes launch jets and others do not.
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-- The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets
Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.
Revised: September 11, 2019