NASA - Chandra X-ray Observatory patch.
March 23, 2020
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The central region of our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains an exotic collection of objects, including a supermassive black hole weighing about 4 million times the mass of the Sun (called Sagittarius A*), clouds of gas at temperatures of millions of degrees, neutron stars and white dwarf stars tearing material from companion stars and beautiful tendrils of radio emission.
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/galactic-center.html
Chandra X-Ray Observatory: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/main/index.html
Image, Animation, Text, Credits: X-Ray:NASA/Yvette Smith/CXC/UMass/D. Wang et al.; Radio:NRF/SARAO/MeerKAT.
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