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A Tour of SDSS J1354+1327 (01-12-2018)
The dining galaxy is known by its abbreviated name, J1354, and is about 800 million light years from Earth.
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-- Researchers Catch Supermassive Black Hole Burping — Twice
The dining galaxy is known by its abbreviated name, J1354, and is about 800 million light years from Earth.
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-- Researchers Catch Supermassive Black Hole Burping — Twice

A Tour of the Galactic Center (01-10-2018)
A new visualization provides an exceptional virtual trip - complete with a 360-degree view - to the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
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-- Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way
A new visualization provides an exceptional virtual trip - complete with a 360-degree view - to the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
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-- Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way

A Tour of the Perseus Cluster (12-19-2017)
An innovative interpretation of X-ray data from a galaxy cluster could help scientists understand the nature of dark matter.
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-- Perseus Cluster: A New Twist in the Dark Matter Tale
An innovative interpretation of X-ray data from a galaxy cluster could help scientists understand the nature of dark matter.
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-- Perseus Cluster: A New Twist in the Dark Matter Tale

A Tour of Cassiopeia A Elements (12-13-2017)
Where do most of the elements essential for life on Earth come from? The answer: inside the furnaces of stars and the explosions that mark the end of some stars lives.
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-- Chandra Reveals the Elementary Nature of Cassiopeia A
Where do most of the elements essential for life on Earth come from? The answer: inside the furnaces of stars and the explosions that mark the end of some stars lives.
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-- Chandra Reveals the Elementary Nature of Cassiopeia A

A Tour of J0045+41 in M31 (11-30-2017)
An intriguing source has been discovered in the nearby Andromeda galaxy using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes.
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-- Giant Black Hole Pair Photobombs Andromeda Galaxy
An intriguing source has been discovered in the nearby Andromeda galaxy using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes.
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-- Giant Black Hole Pair Photobombs Andromeda Galaxy

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