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Quick Look: 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)

Quick Look: 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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-- J1818.0-1607: 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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-- J1818.0-1607: Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar

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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- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
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-- On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole

Quick Look: 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.
- Related Links:
-- 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.
- Dowload Video Podcast (48.7 MB, Runtime: 0:45)
- Related Links:
-- On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole

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