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A Tour of Faint Active Nuclei in Chandra Deep Field South (06-02-2017)
Astronomers have determined the Big Bang occurred about 13.8 billion years ago and have evidence from the SDSS that supermassive black holes with masses of about a billion times that of the sun existed by about 12.8 billion years ago.
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-- Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and Spurts
-- 'A Quick Look' version of this podcast
Astronomers have determined the Big Bang occurred about 13.8 billion years ago and have evidence from the SDSS that supermassive black holes with masses of about a billion times that of the sun existed by about 12.8 billion years ago.
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-- Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and Spurts
-- 'A Quick Look' version of this podcast
A Tour of CXO J101527.2+625911 (05-11-2017)
Giant black holes are generally stationary objects, sitting at the centers of most galaxies. However, using data from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers recently hunted down a supermassive black hole that may be on the move.
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-- CXO J101527.2+625911: Astronomers Pursue Renegade Supermassive Black Hole
-- A Quick Look version of this podcast
Giant black holes are generally stationary objects, sitting at the centers of most galaxies. However, using data from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers recently hunted down a supermassive black hole that may be on the move.
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-- CXO J101527.2+625911: Astronomers Pursue Renegade Supermassive Black Hole
-- A Quick Look version of this podcast
A Tour of NGC 4696 (04-19-2017)
The Centaurus Cluster is a collection of hundreds of galaxies located about 145 million light years from Earth.
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-- NGC 4696: The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart
The Centaurus Cluster is a collection of hundreds of galaxies located about 145 million light years from Earth.
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-- NGC 4696: The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart
A Tour of CDF-S Transient XT1 (03-30-2017)
Scientists have discovered a mysterious flash of X-rays using Chandra X-ray Observatory, in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained.
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-- CDF-S Transient: Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
Scientists have discovered a mysterious flash of X-rays using Chandra X-ray Observatory, in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained.
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-- CDF-S Transient: Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
A Tour of X9 in 47 Tucanae (03-13-2017)
In astronomy, a binary system is one where two objects are close enough that they orbit each other because they are gravitationally bound to one another.
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-- Star Discovered in Closest Known Orbit Around Likely Black Hole
In astronomy, a binary system is one where two objects are close enough that they orbit each other because they are gravitationally bound to one another.
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-- Star Discovered in Closest Known Orbit Around Likely Black Hole
Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.
Revised: November 03, 2022