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Learn About the Milky Way (11-01-2012)
The word galaxy comes from the Greek word meaning "milky circle" or the more familiar Milky Way.
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The word galaxy comes from the Greek word meaning "milky circle" or the more familiar Milky Way.
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-- Learn About the Milky Way
Sgr A* in 60 Seconds (02-09-2012)
Over several years, astronomers have noticed flares in X-ray light from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
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-- NASA's Chandra Finds Milky Way's Black Hole May be Grazing on Asteroids
-- Tour of Sagittarius A*
Over several years, astronomers have noticed flares in X-ray light from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
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-- NASA's Chandra Finds Milky Way's Black Hole May be Grazing on Asteroids
-- Tour of Sagittarius A*
Sagittarius A* in 60 Seconds (01-21-2010)
Astronomers have long known that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a particularly poor eater.
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-- Peering Into The Heart of Darkness
Astronomers have long known that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a particularly poor eater.
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-- Peering Into The Heart of Darkness
Multiwavelength Galactic Center in 60 Seconds (11-23-2009)
This never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way combines a near-infrared view from Hubble, an infrared image from Spitzer, and X-ray data from Chandra.
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-- NASAs Great Observatories Examine the Galactic Center Region
This never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way combines a near-infrared view from Hubble, an infrared image from Spitzer, and X-ray data from Chandra.
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-- NASAs Great Observatories Examine the Galactic Center Region
Galactic Center in 60 Seconds (09-22-2009)
This image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a wealth of exotic objects and high-energy features at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
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-- New Vista of Milky Way Center Unveiled
This image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a wealth of exotic objects and high-energy features at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
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-- New Vista of Milky Way Center Unveiled
Galactic Ridge in 60 Seconds (05-29-2009)
This sequence begins with an infrared view from the Spitzer Space Telescope of the central region of the Milky Way.
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-- Resolving a Galactic Mystery
This sequence begins with an infrared view from the Spitzer Space Telescope of the central region of the Milky Way.
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-- Resolving a Galactic Mystery
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