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Learn About Supernovas (01-03-2013)
Supernovas are some of the most dramatic events in the cosmos. These titanic events send shockwaves rumbling through space and create giant bubbles of gas that have been superheated to millions of degrees.
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-- Learn About Supernovas & Supernova Remnants
Supernovas are some of the most dramatic events in the cosmos. These titanic events send shockwaves rumbling through space and create giant bubbles of gas that have been superheated to millions of degrees.
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-- Learn About Supernovas & Supernova Remnants
Learn About Black Holes (12-27-2012)
If a star has three times or more the mass of the sun and collapses, it can form a black hole.
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-- Learn About Black Holes
If a star has three times or more the mass of the sun and collapses, it can form a black hole.
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-- Learn About Black Holes
A Bend in the Road (12-20-2012)
There are many things around us that bend. Straws bend. Rivers bend. But did you know that light also bends?
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-- Here, There, and Everywhere
There are many things around us that bend. Straws bend. Rivers bend. But did you know that light also bends?
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-- Here, There, and Everywhere
PKS 0745 in 60 Seconds (12-18-2012)
Some of the biggest black holes in the Universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought.
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-- From Super to Ultra: Just How Big Can Black Holes Get?
-- Tour of PKS 0745
Some of the biggest black holes in the Universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought.
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- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
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- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- From Super to Ultra: Just How Big Can Black Holes Get?
-- Tour of PKS 0745
NGC 3627 in 60 Seconds (12-13-2012)
The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from Earth. Astronomers recently completed a survey of galaxies to look for supermassive black holes.
- Related Links:
-- Revealing Hidden Black Holes
-- Tour of NGC 3627
The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from Earth. Astronomers recently completed a survey of galaxies to look for supermassive black holes.
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- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
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- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Revealing Hidden Black Holes
-- Tour of NGC 3627
Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.
Revised: January 11, 2013