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Tour: Cassiopeia A (04-21-2021)
Astronomers have discovered an important type of titanium blasting out from the center of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, a result that could be a major advance in understanding how some massive stars explode.
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-- Cassiopeia A: Bubbles With Titanium Trigger Titanic Explosions
Astronomers have discovered an important type of titanium blasting out from the center of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, a result that could be a major advance in understanding how some massive stars explode.
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-- Cassiopeia A: Bubbles With Titanium Trigger Titanic Explosions

Tour: M87 in Different Wavelengths of Light (04-14-2021)
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be told.
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-- Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be told.
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-- Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole

Tour: Uranus (03-31-2021)
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- First X-rays From Uranus Discovered
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- First X-rays From Uranus Discovered

Tour: Data Sonification: Stellar, Galactic, and Black Hole Tones (03-24-2021)
As part of our ongoing data sonification series, three new images have now been released.
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-- Data Sonification: Stellar, Galactic, and Black Hole
As part of our ongoing data sonification series, three new images have now been released.
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-- Data Sonification: Stellar, Galactic, and Black Hole

Tour: PJ352-15 (03-09-2021)
Astronomers may have found the most distant supermassive black hole with a jet detected in X-rays using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Gigantic Jet Spied From Black Hole in Early Universe
Astronomers may have found the most distant supermassive black hole with a jet detected in X-rays using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Gigantic Jet Spied From Black Hole in Early Universe

Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.