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A Tour of Kes 75 (10-18-2018)
Scientists have confirmed the identity of the youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way galaxy. This result could provide astronomers new information about how some stars end their lives.
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-- Kes 75: Milky Way's Youngest Pulsar Exposes Secrets of Star's Demise
Scientists have confirmed the identity of the youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way galaxy. This result could provide astronomers new information about how some stars end their lives.
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-- Kes 75: Milky Way's Youngest Pulsar Exposes Secrets of Star's Demise

A Tour of GRB 150101B (10-16-2018)
A distant cosmic relative to the first source that astronomers detected in both gravitational waves and light may have been discovered.
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-- All in the Family: Kin of Gravitational-Wave Source Discovered
A distant cosmic relative to the first source that astronomers detected in both gravitational waves and light may have been discovered.
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-- All in the Family: Kin of Gravitational-Wave Source Discovered

A Tour of Abell 2142 (09-27-2018)
Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to make heads and tails of a fascinating galactic system.
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-- Making Head or Tail of a Galactic Landscape
Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to make heads and tails of a fascinating galactic system.
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-- Making Head or Tail of a Galactic Landscape

A Tour of Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 (09-06-2018)
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from Earth.
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-- AM 0644-741: Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic One Ring -- in X-rays
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from Earth.
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-- AM 0644-741: Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic One Ring -- in X-rays

A Tour of COSMOS Legacy Survey (08-09-2018)
These Chandra data have provided strong evidence for the existence of so-called intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs).
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-- Finding the Happy Medium of Black Holes
These Chandra data have provided strong evidence for the existence of so-called intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs).
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-- Finding the Happy Medium of Black Holes

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