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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Tour of B3 0727+409 (02-26-2016)
Astronomers have used Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the Universe.
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-- Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet
Astronomers have used Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the Universe.
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-- Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet

A Tour of Pictor A (02-10-2016)
The Universe produces phenomena that often surpass what science fiction can conjure.
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-- Blast from Black Hole in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The Universe produces phenomena that often surpass what science fiction can conjure.
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-- Blast from Black Hole in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

A Tour of IDCS J1426.5+3508 (01-12-2016)
New X-ray data from Chandra confirmed that IDCS J1426 was indeed enormous, weighing in at a whopping 500 trillion times the mass of our Sun.
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-- NASA’s Great Observatories Weigh Massive Young Galaxy Cluster
New X-ray data from Chandra confirmed that IDCS J1426 was indeed enormous, weighing in at a whopping 500 trillion times the mass of our Sun.
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-- NASA’s Great Observatories Weigh Massive Young Galaxy Cluster

A Tour of NGC 5195 (01-11-2016)
Astronomers using Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered evidence for powerful blasts produced by a giant black hole.
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-- NASA's Chandra Finds Supermassive Black Hole Burping Nearby
Astronomers using Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered evidence for powerful blasts produced by a giant black hole.
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-- NASA's Chandra Finds Supermassive Black Hole Burping Nearby
