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Video Series: Quasars & Active Galaxies

Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.

Tour: The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets (10-14-2020)
Scientists have studied more than 700 quasars -- rapidly growing supermassive black holes -- to isolate the factors that determine why some of these black holes launch jets and others do not.

- Related Links:
--  The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets

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Quick Look: The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets (10-14-2020)
Scientists have studied more than 700 quasars -- rapidly growing supermassive black holes -- to isolate the factors that determine why some of these black holes launch jets and others do not.

- Related Links:
--  The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets

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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.

- Related Links:
--  Star Survives Close Call with a Black Hole

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A Tour of 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.

- Related Links:
--  Star Survives Close Call with a Black Hole

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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

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