The Quasar That’s Rewriting Galactic Rules
Researchers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered that the supermassive black hole in quasar H1821+643 is less influential in controlling ...
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NASA’s Chandra Uncovers a Quasar’s Surprising Galactic Impact
In the center of these images is the quasar H1821+643, a rapidly growing supermassive black hole that astronomers have found ...
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How Our Galaxy’s Black Hole Bends Spacetime
This artist’s illustration shows a cross-section of the supermassive black hole and surrounding material in the center of our galaxy. ...
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Telescopes Reveal Rapid Spin of Milky Way’s Black Hole Warping Spacetime
This artist’s illustration shows a cross-section of the supermassive black hole and surrounding material in the center of our galaxy. ...
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Chandra and IXPE’s New Insights Into a Millennium-Old Supernova
This new image of supernova remnant SN 1006 combines data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer and NASA’s Chandra X-ray ...
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NASA Brings “Christmas Tree Cluster” to Life
The “Christmas Tree Cluster,” NGC 2264, is a cluster of young stars in the Milky Way, about 2,500 light-years from ...
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X-Ray Telescopes and the Magnetic ‘Hand’ In Space
By combining data from Chandra and IXPE, astronomers are learning more about how a pulsar is injecting particles into space ...
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