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Quick Look: Black Holes Raze Thousands of Stars to Fuel Growth
A new survey of over 100 galaxies by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has uncovered signs that black holes are demolishing thousands of stars in a quest to pack on weight.
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A new survey of over 100 galaxies by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has uncovered signs that black holes are demolishing thousands of stars in a quest to pack on weight.
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-- Black Holes Raze Thousands of Stars to Fuel Growth
Quick Look: Feasting Black Holes Caught in Galactic Spiderweb
Data from Chandra reveal feasting and growing black holes throughout the cosmic web that surrounds a central galaxy.
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-- Feasting Black Holes Caught in Galactic Spiderweb
Data from Chandra reveal feasting and growing black holes throughout the cosmic web that surrounds a central galaxy.
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-- Feasting Black Holes Caught in Galactic Spiderweb
Quick Look: Tiny Star Unleashes Gargantuan Beam of Matter and Antimatter
A city-sized collapsed star has generated a beam of matter and antimatter that stretches for trillions of miles.
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A city-sized collapsed star has generated a beam of matter and antimatter that stretches for trillions of miles.
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Quick Look: The Unfolding Story of a Kilonova Told in X-rays
A city-sized collapsed star has generated a beam of matter and antimatter that stretches for trillions of miles.
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-- GW170817: The Unfolding Story of a Kilonova Told in X-rays
A city-sized collapsed star has generated a beam of matter and antimatter that stretches for trillions of miles.
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-- GW170817: The Unfolding Story of a Kilonova Told in X-rays
Quick Look: An Expanse of Light
A new gallery of images combining X-ray data from Chandra with those from other telescopes.
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-- Image Gallery: An Expanse of Light
A new gallery of images combining X-ray data from Chandra with those from other telescopes.
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-- Image Gallery: An Expanse of Light
Quick Look: Visualization Explores A Massive Star's Great Eruption
A new astronomical visualization from NASA's Universe of Learning showcases the multiwavelength emissions and 3D structures surrounding Eta Carinae, one of the most massive and eruptive stars in our galaxy.
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-- Eta Carinae: Visualization Explores A Massive Star's Great Eruption
A new astronomical visualization from NASA's Universe of Learning showcases the multiwavelength emissions and 3D structures surrounding Eta Carinae, one of the most massive and eruptive stars in our galaxy.
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-- Eta Carinae: Visualization Explores A Massive Star's Great Eruption
Quick Look: "Mini" Monster Black Hole Could Hold Clues to Giant's Growth
Chandra has detected X-rays from the dwarf galaxy Mrk 462, revealing the presence of a growing supermassive black hole.
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-- Mrk 462: "Mini" Monster Black Hole Could Hold Clues to Giant's Growth
Chandra has detected X-rays from the dwarf galaxy Mrk 462, revealing the presence of a growing supermassive black hole.
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-- Mrk 462: "Mini" Monster Black Hole Could Hold Clues to Giant's Growth
Quick Look: Astronomers Spy Quartet of Cavities From Giant Black Holes
Scientists have found four enormous cavities, or bubbles, at the center of a galaxy cluster using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Astronomers Spy Quartet of Cavities From Giant Black Holes
Scientists have found four enormous cavities, or bubbles, at the center of a galaxy cluster using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Astronomers Spy Quartet of Cavities From Giant Black Holes
Quick Look: Planetary Nebula: Misnamed but Not Misunderstood
A new collection of planetary nebulas containing X-rays from Chandra and optical light from Hubble.
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-- Planetary Nebula: Misnamed But Not Misunderstood
A new collection of planetary nebulas containing X-rays from Chandra and optical light from Hubble.
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-- Planetary Nebula: Misnamed But Not Misunderstood
Quick Look: 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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-- 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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-- KPD 0005+5106: Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick
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