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Quick Look: Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick (02-08-2024)
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that looks like an American football.
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The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that looks like an American football.
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Quick Look: Astronomers Find Spark of Star Birth Across Billions of Years (01-11-2024)
These four images represent a sample of galaxy clusters that are part of the largest and most complete study to learn what triggers stars to form in the universe's biggest galaxies.
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These four images represent a sample of galaxy clusters that are part of the largest and most complete study to learn what triggers stars to form in the universe's biggest galaxies.
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Quick Look: NASA Telescopes Chase Down "Green Monster" in Star's Debris (01-08-2024)
For the first time scientists have combined the powers of NASA's Chandra and Webb Space Telescopes to study the famous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, helping to solve the mystery behind the remnant's "Green Monster".
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-- Cassiopeia A: NASA Telescopes Chase Down "Green Monster" in Star's Debris
For the first time scientists have combined the powers of NASA's Chandra and Webb Space Telescopes to study the famous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, helping to solve the mystery behind the remnant's "Green Monster".
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Catches Spider Pulsars Destroying Nearby Stars (11-30-2023)
A group of dead stars known as "spider pulsars" are obliterating companion stars within their reach.
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A group of dead stars known as "spider pulsars" are obliterating companion stars within their reach.
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Quick Look: NASA Telescopes Discover Record-Breaking Black Hole (11-06-2023)
Astronomers found the most distant black hole ever detected in X-rays using the Chandra and Webb telescopes.
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-- NASA Telescopes Discover Record-Breaking Black Hole
Astronomers found the most distant black hole ever detected in X-rays using the Chandra and Webb telescopes.
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Quick Look: X-ray Telescopes Reveal the "Bones" of a Ghostly Cosmic Hand (10-30-2023)
Chandra's data of MSH 15-52 have been combined with data from NASA's newest X-ray telescope, IXPE to unveil the magnetic field "bones" of this remarkable structure.
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-- X-ray Telescopes Reveal the "Bones" of a Ghostly Cosmic Hand
Chandra's data of MSH 15-52 have been combined with data from NASA's newest X-ray telescope, IXPE to unveil the magnetic field "bones" of this remarkable structure.
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-- X-ray Telescopes Reveal the "Bones" of a Ghostly Cosmic Hand
Quick Look: Chandra Rewinds Story of Great Eruption of the 1840s (09-26-2023)
Using snapshots taken over 20 years with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have learned important new details about an eruption from Eta Carinae witnessed on Earth in the mid-19th century.
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-- Eta Carinae: Chandra Rewinds Story of Great Eruption of the 1840s
Using snapshots taken over 20 years with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have learned important new details about an eruption from Eta Carinae witnessed on Earth in the mid-19th century.
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Quick Look: A Fab Five: New Images With NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (09-13-2023)
A new collection of stunning images highlights data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes.
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-- A Fab Five: New Images With NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
A new collection of stunning images highlights data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes.
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Quick Look: A Giant Black Hole Destroys a Massive Star (08-22-2023)
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton, and other telescopes have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a large star and strewn its contents into space.
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-- ASASSN-14li: A Giant Black Hole Destroys a Massive Star
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton, and other telescopes have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a large star and strewn its contents into space.
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Quick Look: Unexpectedly Calm and Remote Galaxy Cluster Discovered (07-20-2023)
Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster with an important quality — providing insight into how these gigantic structures formed and why the universe looks like it does in the present day.
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-- Unexpectedly Calm and Remote Galaxy Cluster Discovered
Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster with an important quality — providing insight into how these gigantic structures formed and why the universe looks like it does in the present day.
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-- Unexpectedly Calm and Remote Galaxy Cluster Discovered
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