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This episode will touch on some of the areas in which astronomers hope X-ray telescopes will push our knowledge forward in the years to come.
Medusa in 60 Seconds
25 Views 14:00:00 05/01/09
NGC 4194 is a galaxy that is found about 110 million light years from Earth.
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Chandra's X-ray image of the Tarantula Nebula gives scientists a close-up view of the drama of star formation and star evolution.
PSR B1509-58 in 60 ...
36 Views 14:00:00 04/03/09
A small dense object is responsible for the remarkably complex and intriguing structures seen in this image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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A small dense object is responsible for the remarkably complex and intriguing structures seen in this image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
NGC 604 in 60 Seconds
39 Views 14:00:00 03/23/09
NGC 604 is a divided neighborhood in the galaxy M33, where some 200 hot, young massive stars reside.
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This image of the spiral galaxy Messier 101 is a composite of observations from NASA's three Great Observatories.
Abell 85 in 60 Seconds
66 Views 15:00:00 01/23/09
The composite image shows the galaxy cluster known as Abell 85, which is located about 740 million light years from Earth.
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The composite image shows the galaxy cluster known as Abell 85, which is located about 740 million light years from Earth.
3-D Fly-Through of ...
26 Views 15:00:00 01/08/09
For the first time, a multiwavelength three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of a supernova remnant has been created.
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For the first time, a multiwavelength three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of a supernova remnant has been created.
G292.01+8 in 60 Sec...
49 Views 15:00:00 12/22/08
This image shows how complex a star's afterlife can be.
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M84 is a massive elliptical galaxy located about 55 million light years from Earth in the Virgo Cluster.
M87 in 60 Seconds
26 Views 15:00:00 11/25/08
M87 is a giant elliptical galaxy. At a distance of about 60 million light-years from Earth, M87 is the largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of some 2,000 galaxies.
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M87 is a giant elliptical galaxy. At a distance of about 60 million light-years from Earth, M87 is the largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of some 2,000 galaxies.
Abell 1689 in 60 Se...
34 Views 15:00:00 11/14/08
Abell 1689 is a massive cluster of galaxies located about 2.3 billion light-years away.
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The giant galaxy, Perseus A, which is also known as NGC 1275, is a well-known source of strong radio radiation.