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• Hot Gas in Galactic Center: Chandra Turns Up the Heat in the Milky Way Center (A 130 light year region of the center of the Milky Way: Located about 26,000 light years from Earth, the region contains a supermassive black hole, hot gas, and thousands of X-

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  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:08
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, hotgasingalacticcenter, chandra, stars, red, blue, xray, nasa, milkyway, astronomy, galaxy, space, solarsystem, star, universe, supernova, color, colorful, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand

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  • Date uploaded: 2009-04-08
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomy, stars, pulsar, space, outerspace, chandratelescope, пульсар, чандра, космос, астрономия, звёзды, туманности, nebula, nasa, xrayastronomy, astrophysics, orange, blue, solarsystem, lights, yellow, green, black, galaxy, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• NGC 3079 (A spiral galaxy about 55 million light years from Earth.)

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  • Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:24
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc3079, chandra, blue, hubbletelescope, galaxy, space, stars, xray, spiral, solarsystem, infared, atmosphere, superwind, hubble, gas, horseshoe, beautiful, purple, red, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• W3 Main: A Productive Star Formation Factory

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  • Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:46
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, w3main, chandra, pearlsinastarrysky, stars, solarsystem, wow, magical, pretty, intergalactic, deepspaceandclustersofgalaxies, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• Saturn (The 6th planet from the Sun, as seen at a distance of 890 million miles from Earth.)

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  • Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:38
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
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• A Black Hole in Medusa's Hair: A galaxy lies about 110 million light years away.

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  • Date taken: 2009-05-26 15:38:21
  • Date uploaded: 2009-06-01
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc4194, galaxy, hubble, chandra, astronomy, 2009, milkyway, stars, blackhole, space, blue, red, black, reddwarf, solarsystem, outerspace, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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