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Quick Look: NASA Telescopes Work Out Black Hole's Snack Schedule (08-14-2024)
A team of researchers have made important headway in understanding how — and when — a supermassive black hole obtains and then consumes material.
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A team of researchers have made important headway in understanding how — and when — a supermassive black hole obtains and then consumes material.
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Quick Look: 25 Images to Celebrate Chandra's 25th Anniversary (07-22-2024)
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its launch, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is releasing 25 never-before-seen views of a wide range of cosmic objects.
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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its launch, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is releasing 25 never-before-seen views of a wide range of cosmic objects.
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Quick Look: Take a Summer Road Trip Through Images with NASA's Chandra, Webb (07-11-2024)
It's time to take a cosmic road trip using light as the highway and visit four stunning destinations across space. The vehicles for this space get-away are NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope.
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It's time to take a cosmic road trip using light as the highway and visit four stunning destinations across space. The vehicles for this space get-away are NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Peers Into Densest and Weirdest Stars (06-20-2024)
A new study using NASA's Chandra and ESA's XMM-Newton reveals that the interiors of neutron stars may contain a type of ultra-dense matter not found anywhere else in the Universe.
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A new study using NASA's Chandra and ESA's XMM-Newton reveals that the interiors of neutron stars may contain a type of ultra-dense matter not found anywhere else in the Universe.
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Quick Look: Coming in Hot: NASA's Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets (06-12-2024)
A study with Chandra and XMM-Newton indicates which stars near our Sun could have habitable exoplanets around them based on whether they receive lethal radiation from the stars they orbit.
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A study with Chandra and XMM-Newton indicates which stars near our Sun could have habitable exoplanets around them based on whether they receive lethal radiation from the stars they orbit.
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Quick Look: Spotted: 'Death Star' Black Holes in Action (05-22-2024)
Astronomers studied 16 supermassive black holes that are firing powerful beams, or jets, into space. They found that about a third of these have changed directions by large amounts.
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Astronomers studied 16 supermassive black holes that are firing powerful beams, or jets, into space. They found that about a third of these have changed directions by large amounts.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Notices the Galactic Center is Venting (05-09-2024)
Eruptions from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* may have created an exhaust vent attached to a "chimney" of hot gas blowing away from the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
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Eruptions from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* may have created an exhaust vent attached to a "chimney" of hot gas blowing away from the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Releases Doubleheader of Blockbuster Hits (04-24-2024)
New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky — the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A — include X-ray data collected by Chandra over about two decades. They show dramatic changes in the remains of two massive stars in our galaxy.
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New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky — the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A — include X-ray data collected by Chandra over about two decades. They show dramatic changes in the remains of two massive stars in our galaxy.
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Quick Look: Travel Through Data From Space in New 3D Instagram Experiences (04-18-2024)
A new project provides special 3D experiences on Instagram using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes through augmented reality (AR), allowing users to travel virtually through objects in space.
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A new project provides special 3D experiences on Instagram using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes through augmented reality (AR), allowing users to travel virtually through objects in space.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Identifies an Underachieving Black Hole (03-21-2024)
A brilliant supermassive black hole is not living up to expectations. Although responsible for high levels of radiation and powerful jets, this giant black hole is not as influential as many of its counterparts in other galaxies.
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A brilliant supermassive black hole is not living up to expectations. Although responsible for high levels of radiation and powerful jets, this giant black hole is not as influential as many of its counterparts in other galaxies.
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