Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Quick Look at a Star Survives Close Call with a Black Hole (04-23-2020)
Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of survival story: a star that had a brush with a giant black hole and lived to tell the tale through exclamations of X-rays.
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Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of survival story: a star that had a brush with a giant black hole and lived to tell the tale through exclamations of X-rays.
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A Tour of the Black Hole Jet in M87 (01-06-2020)
Astronomers have shown that the famous black hole in Messier 87 is propelling particles faster than 99% of the speed of light using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Famous Black Hole Has Jet Pushing Cosmic Speed Limit
Astronomers have shown that the famous black hole in Messier 87 is propelling particles faster than 99% of the speed of light using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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A Quick Look at the Black Hole Jet in M87 (01-06-2020)
Astronomers have shown that the famous black hole in Messier 87 is propelling particles faster than 99% of the speed of light using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
- Related Links:
-- Famous Black Hole Has Jet Pushing Cosmic Speed Limit
Astronomers have shown that the famous black hole in Messier 87 is propelling particles faster than 99% of the speed of light using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Famous Black Hole Has Jet Pushing Cosmic Speed Limit
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A Tour of the Phoenix Cluster (11-18-2019)
Scientists have found stars forming at a furious rate in the Phoenix galaxy cluster. The supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy clusters usually stifles star formation, but the one in Phoenix is not.
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-- Phoenix Cluster: A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
Scientists have found stars forming at a furious rate in the Phoenix galaxy cluster. The supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy clusters usually stifles star formation, but the one in Phoenix is not.
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-- Phoenix Cluster: A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
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A Quick Look at the Phoenix Cluster (11-18-2019)
Scientists have found stars forming at a furious rate in the Phoenix galaxy cluster. The supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy clusters usually stifles star formation, but the one in Phoenix is not.
- Related Links:
-- Phoenix Cluster: A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
Scientists have found stars forming at a furious rate in the Phoenix galaxy cluster. The supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy clusters usually stifles star formation, but the one in Phoenix is not.
- Download Video (17.6 MB, Runtime: 1:12)
- Related Links:
-- Phoenix Cluster: A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
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