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Video Mashup: Galaxy Collision That Began 100 Million Years Ago

This new composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Spitzer Space Telescope shows two colliding galaxies more than a 100 million years after they first impacted each other. The continuing collision of the Antennae...
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Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Galaxy Hides Black Hole

Academics / General Science : Wired Science (6 months ago)

The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from Earth. This composite image includes X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope (red), and optical ... Read Post

Image of the Day: A Festival of Galaxies

Academics / General Science : The Daily Galaxy (2 years ago)

This view of the Cartwheel galaxy was created by combining images captured by four space telescopes: Galaxy Evolution Explorer, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray Observatory. Astronomers think a smal... Read Post

Image of the Day: Two Supermassive Black Holes on Collision Course in Same Galaxy

Academics / General Science : The Daily Galaxy (4 years ago)

New X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory added to an image previously captured by the Hubble Space Telescope created this amazing composite image of two supermassive black holes on the verge of colliding in the center of... Read Post


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