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Tour: Exoplanets Need to be Prepared for Extreme Space Weather, Chandra Finds (01-16-2025)
Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton that examined the effects of X-rays on potential planets around the most common type of stars.
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Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton that examined the effects of X-rays on potential planets around the most common type of stars.
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Quick Look: Exoplanets Need to be Prepared for Extreme Space Weather, Chandra Finds (01-16-2025)
Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton that examined the effects of X-rays on potential planets around the most common type of stars.
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-- Exoplanets Need to be Prepared for Extreme Space Weather, Chandra Finds
Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton that examined the effects of X-rays on potential planets around the most common type of stars.
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Tour: NASA Missions Spot Cosmic 'Wreath' Displaying Stellar Circle of Life (12-17-2024)
Since antiquity, wreaths have symbolized the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. It is fitting then that one of the best places for astronomers to learn more about the stellar lifecycle resembles a giant holiday wreath itself.
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Since antiquity, wreaths have symbolized the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. It is fitting then that one of the best places for astronomers to learn more about the stellar lifecycle resembles a giant holiday wreath itself.
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Quick Look: NASA Missions Spot Cosmic 'Wreath' Displaying Stellar Circle of Life (12-17-2024)
Since antiquity, wreaths have symbolized the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. It is fitting then that one of the best places for astronomers to learn more about the stellar lifecycle resembles a giant holiday wreath itself.
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-- NASA Missions Spot Cosmic 'Wreath' Displaying Stellar Circle of Life
Since antiquity, wreaths have symbolized the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. It is fitting then that one of the best places for astronomers to learn more about the stellar lifecycle resembles a giant holiday wreath itself.
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Tour: NASA's Chandra Sees Black Hole Jet Stumble Into Something in the Dark (12-10-2024)
Astronomers have found an unusual mark from a giant black hole's powerful jet striking an unidentified object in its path.
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Astronomers have found an unusual mark from a giant black hole's powerful jet striking an unidentified object in its path.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Sees Black Hole Jet Stumble Into Something in the Dark (12-10-2024)
Astronomers have found an unusual mark from a giant black hole's powerful jet striking an unidentified object in its path.
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Astronomers have found an unusual mark from a giant black hole's powerful jet striking an unidentified object in its path.
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Tour: NASA's Chandra, Hubble Tune Into 'Flame-Throwing' Guitar Nebula (11-20-2024)
Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a "flame-throwing guitar" has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA's Chandra and Hubble.
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-- NASA's Chandra, Hubble Tune Into 'Flame-Throwing' Guitar Nebula
Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a "flame-throwing guitar" has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA's Chandra and Hubble.
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Tour: Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster (10-28-2024)
Astronomers used Chandra, in combination with ultraviolet, optical and infrared data, to show where some of the most treacherous places in a star cluster may be, where planets' chances to form are diminished.
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-- Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster
Astronomers used Chandra, in combination with ultraviolet, optical and infrared data, to show where some of the most treacherous places in a star cluster may be, where planets' chances to form are diminished.
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Tour: Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another (10-09-2024)
A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole that used to be in the clear.
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-- Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another
A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole that used to be in the clear.
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Quick Look: Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another (10-09-2024)
A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole that used to be in the clear.
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-- Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another
A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole that used to be in the clear.
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-- Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another
Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.
Revised: November 03, 2022