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A Tour of the Dark Energy Quasar Survey (01-29-2019)
Dark energy, a proposed force or energy that permeates all space and accelerates the Universe's expansion, may vary over time.
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-- Astronomers Find Dark Energy May Vary Over Time
Dark energy, a proposed force or energy that permeates all space and accelerates the Universe's expansion, may vary over time.
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-- Astronomers Find Dark Energy May Vary Over Time

A Tour of Cygnus A (01-10-2019)
A ricocheting jet blasting from a giant black hole has been captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Cygnus A: Ricocheting Black Hole Jet Discovered by Chandra
A ricocheting jet blasting from a giant black hole has been captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Cygnus A: Ricocheting Black Hole Jet Discovered by Chandra

A Tour of ASASSN14-li (01-09-2019)
A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth.
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-- Shredded Star Leads to Important Black Hole Discovery
A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth.
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-- Shredded Star Leads to Important Black Hole Discovery

A Tour of Archival Images (12-17-2018)
A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.
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-- Chandra Image Collection (Archives 2018)
A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.
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-- Chandra Image Collection (Archives 2018)

A Tour of Abell 1033 (11-15-2018)
Hidden in a distant galaxy cluster collision are wisps of gas resembling the starship Enterprise, an iconic spaceship from the "Star Trek" franchise.
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-- To Boldly Go into Colliding Galaxy Clusters
Hidden in a distant galaxy cluster collision are wisps of gas resembling the starship Enterprise, an iconic spaceship from the "Star Trek" franchise.
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-- To Boldly Go into Colliding Galaxy Clusters

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