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321Star types / Supernova remnants / Plasma physics / Galaxies / Black holes / SN 1979C / X-ray astronomy / Chandra X-ray Observatory / Supernova / Astronomy / Physics / Space

X-rays from Hot Gases Near the SN1979C Black Hole The Chandra X-Ray Observatory recently found evidence for an infant black hole in the nearby galaxy Messiar100. The black hole is thought to have been produced when a sta

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Language: English - Date: 2010-12-21 09:58:08
322Light sources / Heat transfer / Thermodynamics / Stellar astronomy / Black hole / Accretion disc / X-ray / Star / Forms of energy / Physics / Astronomy / Dark matter

8 Black Holes…Hot Stuff! The farther a particle falls towards a black hole, the faster it travels, and the more kinetic energy it

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Language: English - Date: 2011-04-26 11:46:38
323Mass / Tidal force / Moon / Volume / Spaghettification / Conversion of units / Physics / Measurement / Dimensional analysis

Real Numbers and Operations[removed]Astronomical Unit = 1.0 AU = 1.49 x 108 kilometers 1 Parsec = 3.26 Light years = 3 x 1018 centimeters = 206,265 AU

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2012-12-17 11:08:54
324Star types / Galaxies / Space telescopes / Black hole / Dark matter / Relativity / Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer / Binary star / Event horizon / Astronomy / Space / Physics

Measuring the Speed of Gas Near a Black Hole NASA’s RXTE spacecraft recently recorded rhythmic x-ray flashes from the black hole candidate called IGR J17091[removed]The black hole is a member of a binary system that com

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Language: English - Date: 2013-09-11 10:40:44
325Space / Star types / Light sources / Galaxies / General relativity / Event horizon / Supernova / Star / Chandra X-ray Observatory / Astronomy / Physics / Black holes

Estimating the Diameter of the SN1979C Black Hole The Chandra X-Ray Observatory recently confirmed the discovery of an infant black hole in the nearby galaxy Messiar-100. The product of the supernova of a star with a mas

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Language: English - Date: 2010-11-16 14:30:44
326Moon / Moons / Planemos / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / Lunar craters / Apollo / Geology of the Moon / Borealis quadrangle / Spaceflight / Spacecraft / Exploration of the Moon

Lunar Crater Frequency Distributions This image of the 800-meter x 480-meter region near the Apollo-11 landing pad (arrow) was taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). It reveals hundreds of craters covering the

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Language: English - Date: 2009-12-29 12:30:02
327Unmanned spacecraft / Exploration of the Moon / Image processing / Japanese space program / SELENE / Pixel / Spaceflight / Space technology / Moon

LRO Sees Apollo 11 on the Moon! The LRO satellite recently imaged the Apollo 11 landing area on the surface of the moon. The above (172 pixels wide x 171 pixels high) image shows this area and is 172 meters wide. Proble

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Language: English - Date: 2009-07-19 07:59:14
328Supermassive black holes / Black holes / Extragalactic astronomy / Milky Way Galaxy / Quasar / Mass / Galactic Center / Stellar black hole / Astronomy / Physics / Galaxies

31 Black Holes….IV Thanks to two orbiting X-ray observatories, astronomers have the first strong evidence of a supermassive black hole ripping apart a star and consuming a portion of it. The event,

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Language: English - Date: 2008-02-15 11:24:32
329Space telescopes / Gamma-ray bursts / X-ray telescopes / Spaceflight / Observational astronomy / InterPlanetary Network / GRB 011211 / Compton Gamma Ray Observatory / High Energy Transient Explorer / Astronomy / Spacecraft / Space

Gamma-Ray Bursts A BRIEF HISTORY October 1963:  The U.S. Air Force launches the first in a series of “Vela” satellites carrying X-ray, gamma-ray and neutron detectors in order to monitor any nuclear testing by the

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Source URL: imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-04-04 15:50:27
330Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Deep Space Network / Goddard Space Flight Center / Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System / Near Earth Network / Space Network / X band / Advanced Multi-Mission Operations System / Tracking and Data Relay Satellite / NASA facilities / NASA / Spaceflight

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Source URL: deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-12-17 23:46:26
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