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A Tour of J1818.0-1607 (01-08-2021)
In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic stars, with the discovery of a magnetar.
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-- Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar
In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic stars, with the discovery of a magnetar.
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Tour: On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole (12-17-2020)
Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh billions of times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.
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Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh billions of times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.
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Quick Look: On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole (12-17-2020)
Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh billions of times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.
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-- On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole
Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh billions of times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.
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Tour: Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound (11-30-2020)
A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects.
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A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects.
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Quick Look: Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound (11-30-2020)
A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects.
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-- Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound
A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects.
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Tour: A Cosmic Amethyst in a Dying Star (11-12-2020)
Astronomers using Chandra have found a bubble of ultra-hot gas at the center of a planetary nebula in our galaxy called IC 4593.
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Astronomers using Chandra have found a bubble of ultra-hot gas at the center of a planetary nebula in our galaxy called IC 4593.
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Quick Look: A Cosmic Amethyst in a Dying Star (11-12-2020)
Astronomers using Chandra have found a bubble of ultra-hot gas at the center of a planetary nebula in our galaxy called IC 4593.
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Astronomers using Chandra have found a bubble of ultra-hot gas at the center of a planetary nebula in our galaxy called IC 4593.
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Tour: Assessing The Habitability of Planets Around Old Red Dwarfs (10-30-2020)
A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope gives new insight into an important question: how habitable are planets that orbit the most common type of stars in the Galaxy?
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-- Assessing The Habitability of Planets Around Old Red Dwarfs
A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope gives new insight into an important question: how habitable are planets that orbit the most common type of stars in the Galaxy?
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Quick Look: Assessing The Habitability of Planets Around Old Red Dwarfs (10-30-2020)
A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope gives new insight into an important question: how habitable are planets that orbit the most common type of stars in the Galaxy?
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-- Assessing The Habitability of Planets Around Old Red Dwarfs
A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope gives new insight into an important question: how habitable are planets that orbit the most common type of stars in the Galaxy?
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Tour: Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Critical for GPS, Seen in Distant Stars (10-22-2020)
What do Albert Einstein, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and a pair of stars 200,000 trillion miles from Earth have in common?
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What do Albert Einstein, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and a pair of stars 200,000 trillion miles from Earth have in common?
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Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.
Revised: September 11, 2019