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A Tour of the Cold Front in the Perseus Cluster (04-03-2018)
A gigantic and resilient "cold front" hurtling through the Perseus galaxy cluster has been studied using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Perseus Cluster: Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front
A gigantic and resilient "cold front" hurtling through the Perseus galaxy cluster has been studied using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Perseus Cluster: Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front

A Quick Look at the Crab Nebula (03-14-2018)
A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra, optical data from Hubble, and infrared data from Spitzer.
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-- Crab Nebula: A Crab Walks Through Time
A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra, optical data from Hubble, and infrared data from Spitzer.
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-- Crab Nebula: A Crab Walks Through Time

A Tour of the Crab Nebula (03-14-2018)
A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra, optical data from Hubble, and infrared data from Spitzer.
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-- Crab Nebula: A Crab Walks Through Time
A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra, optical data from Hubble, and infrared data from Spitzer.
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- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
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-- Crab Nebula: A Crab Walks Through Time

A Quick Look at an Ultraluminous X-ray Source (ULX) in M51 (03-02-2018)
Astronomers have used Chandra data to determine that an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) contains a neutron star.
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-- ULX in M51: Beaming with the Light of Millions of Suns
Astronomers have used Chandra data to determine that an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) contains a neutron star.
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-- ULX in M51: Beaming with the Light of Millions of Suns

A Quick Look at Black Hole Growth in Chandra Deep Field South (02-16-2018)
Scientists have discovered that supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies may be growing faster than their host galaxies.
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-- Supermassive Black Holes Are Outgrowing Their Galaxies
Scientists have discovered that supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies may be growing faster than their host galaxies.
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-- Supermassive Black Holes Are Outgrowing Their Galaxies

Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.