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Quick Look: Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick (11-22-2021)
New data suggest a white dwarf is blasting a companion object, either a low-mass star or planet, with waves of heat and radiation while pulling it apart through gravitational force.
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New data suggest a white dwarf is blasting a companion object, either a low-mass star or planet, with waves of heat and radiation while pulling it apart through gravitational force.
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Tour : Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick (11-11-2021)
New data suggest a white dwarf is blasting a companion object, either a low-mass star or planet, with waves of heat and radiation while pulling it apart through gravitational force.
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-- KPD 0005+5106: Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick
New data suggest a white dwarf is blasting a companion object, either a low-mass star or planet, with waves of heat and radiation while pulling it apart through gravitational force.
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Tour: Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy (10-25-2021)
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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Quick Look: Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy (10-25-2021)
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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Tour: When a Stable Star Explodes (10-12-2021)
Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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Quick Look: When a Stable Star Explodes (10-12-2021)
Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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Quick Look: Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space (09-16-2021)
A "sonification" project led by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Universe of Learning transforms otherwise inaudible data from some of the world's most powerful telescopes into sound.
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-- Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space
A "sonification" project led by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Universe of Learning transforms otherwise inaudible data from some of the world's most powerful telescopes into sound.
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Tour: Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space (09-16-2021)
A "sonification" project led by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Universe of Learning transforms otherwise inaudible data from some of the world's most powerful telescopes into sound.
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-- Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space
A "sonification" project led by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Universe of Learning transforms otherwise inaudible data from some of the world's most powerful telescopes into sound.
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-- Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space
Tour: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole (08-05-2021)
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
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-- V404 Cygni: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
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Quick Look: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole (08-05-2021)
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
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-- V404 Cygni: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
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-- V404 Cygni: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole
Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.
Revised: April 20, 2021