A Quick Look at Faint Active Nuclei in Chandra Deep Field South (06-02-2017)
Scientists would like to learn about the earliest supermassive black holes in the Universe.

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A Tour of CXO J101527.2+625911 (05-11-2017)
Giant black holes are generally stationary objects, sitting at the centers of most galaxies. However, using data from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers recently hunted down a supermassive black hole that may be on the move.

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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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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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A Tour of NGC 4696 (04-19-2017)
The Centaurus Cluster is a collection of hundreds of galaxies located about 145 million light years from Earth.

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