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A Tour of Arp 299
What would happen if you took two galaxies and mixed them together over millions of years?
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-- Arp 299: Galactic Goulash
-- 'A Quick Look' version of this podcast
What would happen if you took two galaxies and mixed them together over millions of years?
- Related Links:
-- Arp 299: Galactic Goulash
-- 'A Quick Look' version of this podcast
A Quick Look at Arp 299
Arp 299 is a system where two galaxies are in the process of merging.
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-- Arp 299: Galactic Goulash
Arp 299 is a system where two galaxies are in the process of merging.
- Related Links:
-- Arp 299: Galactic Goulash
A Tour of R Aquarii
In biology, "symbiosis" refers to two organisms that live close to and interact with one another. Astronomers have long studied a class of stars--called symbiotic stars--that co-exist in a similar way.
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-- R Aquarii: Watching a Volatile Stellar Relationship
-- A Quick Look version of this podcast
In biology, "symbiosis" refers to two organisms that live close to and interact with one another. Astronomers have long studied a class of stars--called symbiotic stars--that co-exist in a similar way.
- Related Links:
-- R Aquarii: Watching a Volatile Stellar Relationship
-- A Quick Look version of this podcast
A Quick Look at R Aquarii
R Aquraii is an unusual star system located about 710 light years from Earth.
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-- R Aquarii: Watching a Volatile Stellar Relationship
R Aquraii is an unusual star system located about 710 light years from Earth.
- Related Links:
-- R Aquarii: Watching a Volatile Stellar Relationship
A Tour of Faint Active Nuclei in Chandra Deep Field South
Astronomers have determined the Big Bang occurred about 13.8 billion years ago and have evidence from the SDSS that supermassive black holes with masses of about a billion times that of the sun existed by about 12.8 billion years ago.
- Related Links:
-- Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and Spurts
-- 'A Quick Look' version of this podcast
Astronomers have determined the Big Bang occurred about 13.8 billion years ago and have evidence from the SDSS that supermassive black holes with masses of about a billion times that of the sun existed by about 12.8 billion years ago.
- Related Links:
-- Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and Spurts
-- 'A Quick Look' version of this podcast
Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.