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Tour: Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster (10-28-2024)
Astronomers used Chandra, in combination with ultraviolet, optical and infrared data, to show where some of the most treacherous places in a star cluster may be, where planets' chances to form are diminished.
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-- Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster
Astronomers used Chandra, in combination with ultraviolet, optical and infrared data, to show where some of the most treacherous places in a star cluster may be, where planets' chances to form are diminished.
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-- Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster
Tour: Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another (10-09-2024)
A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole that used to be in the clear.
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-- Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another
A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole that used to be in the clear.
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Quick Look: Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another (10-09-2024)
A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole that used to be in the clear.
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-- Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another
A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole that used to be in the clear.
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-- Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another
Tour: NASA's Chandra Finds Galaxy Cluster That Crosses the Streams (09-19-2024)
A galaxy has streams of superheated gas crossing one another. This result shows that "crossing the streams" does not necessarily end in disaster. In fact, it may lead to the creation of new structures.
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-- NASA's Chandra Finds Galaxy Cluster That Crosses the Streams
A galaxy has streams of superheated gas crossing one another. This result shows that "crossing the streams" does not necessarily end in disaster. In fact, it may lead to the creation of new structures.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Finds Galaxy Cluster That Crosses the Streams (09-19-2024)
A galaxy has streams of superheated gas crossing one another. This result shows that "crossing the streams" does not necessarily end in disaster. In fact, it may lead to the creation of new structures.
- Related Links:
-- NASA's Chandra Finds Galaxy Cluster That Crosses the Streams
A galaxy has streams of superheated gas crossing one another. This result shows that "crossing the streams" does not necessarily end in disaster. In fact, it may lead to the creation of new structures.
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-- NASA's Chandra Finds Galaxy Cluster That Crosses the Streams
Revised: November 01, 2024