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Tour of Sagittarius A* (01-12-2015)
Over the years, astronomers have learned many things about Sagittarius A* and it continues to surprise and intrigue scientists to this day.
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-- NASA's Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way's Black Hole
Over the years, astronomers have learned many things about Sagittarius A* and it continues to surprise and intrigue scientists to this day.
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-- NASA's Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way's Black Hole
Tour of Sagittarius A (11-13-2014)
One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is figuring out where mysterious particles called neutrinos come from.
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-- NASA X-ray Telescopes Find Black Hole May Be a Neutrino Factory
One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is figuring out where mysterious particles called neutrinos come from.
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-- NASA X-ray Telescopes Find Black Hole May Be a Neutrino Factory
A Tour of M82X-2 (10-08-2014)
Ultraluminous X-ray Sources, or ULXs, are unusual objects. They are rare and, as their name implies, give off enormous amounts of X-rays.
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-- Suspected Black Hole Unmasked as Ultraluminous Pulsar
Ultraluminous X-ray Sources, or ULXs, are unusual objects. They are rare and, as their name implies, give off enormous amounts of X-rays.
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-- Suspected Black Hole Unmasked as Ultraluminous Pulsar
Tour of RX J1131-1231 (03-21-2014)
Astronomers have directly measured the spin of a supermassive black hole in a quasar that is located 6 billion light years away.
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-- Chandra & XMM-Newton Provide Direct Measurement of Distant Black Hole,s Spin
Astronomers have directly measured the spin of a supermassive black hole in a quasar that is located 6 billion light years away.
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-- Chandra & XMM-Newton Provide Direct Measurement of Distant Black Hole,s Spin
Sgr A jet in 60 Seconds (12-05-2013)
Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on large and small scales.
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-- New Evidence For A Jet From Milky Way's Black Hole
Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on large and small scales.
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-- New Evidence For A Jet From Milky Way's Black Hole
M31 in 60 Seconds (06-18-2013)
Many consider Andromeda, also known as Messier 31, to be a sister galaxy to our own Milky Way.
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-- Black Hole Bonanza Turns up in Galaxy Next Door
-- Tour of M31
Many consider Andromeda, also known as Messier 31, to be a sister galaxy to our own Milky Way.
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-- Black Hole Bonanza Turns up in Galaxy Next Door
-- Tour of M31
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