Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Quick Look at CXO J101527.2+625911 (05-11-2017)
Giant black holes typically are stationary objects in the centers of galaxies. However, sometimes circumstances arise when these black hole behemoths can be set in motion.
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-- CXO J101527.2+625911: Astronomers Pursue Renegade Supermassive Black Hole
Giant black holes typically are stationary objects in the centers of galaxies. However, sometimes circumstances arise when these black hole behemoths can be set in motion.
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-- CXO J101527.2+625911: Astronomers Pursue Renegade Supermassive Black Hole
A Quick Look at the Crab Nebula (05-10-2017)
The Crab supernova was seen in the sky almost a thousand years ago.
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-- Crab Nebula: Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula
The Crab supernova was seen in the sky almost a thousand years ago.
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-- Crab Nebula: Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula
A Quick Look at NGC 4696 (04-19-2017)
Astronomers have found a black hole that has erupted multiple times in the past, about every 5 to 10 million years.
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-- NGC 4696: The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart
Astronomers have found a black hole that has erupted multiple times in the past, about every 5 to 10 million years.
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-- NGC 4696: The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart
A Quick Look at CDF-S XT1 (04-12-2017)
A strange object has been discovered in a region of the sky called the Chandra Deep Field-South.
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-- CDF-S Transient: Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
A strange object has been discovered in a region of the sky called the Chandra Deep Field-South.
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- Related Links:
-- CDF-S Transient: Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
A Quick Look at X9 in 47 Tucanae (03-13-2017)
The closest orbit between a star and a black hole ever seen has been discovered.
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-- Star Discovered in Closest Known Orbit Around Likely Black Hole
The closest orbit between a star and a black hole ever seen has been discovered.
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-- Star Discovered in Closest Known Orbit Around Likely Black Hole
Revised: November 03, 2022
