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2011 Videos

RXTE Detects 'Heartbeat' Of Smallest Black Hole Candidate
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010800/a010875/
Short description: This animation compares the X-ray 'heartbeats' of GRS 1915 and IGR J17091, two black holes that ingest gas from companion stars.
Date released: Dec 15, 2011
The Dual Personality of the 'Christmas Burst'
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010800/a010808/
Short description: Animations showing two wildly different explanations for GRB 101225A, better known as the "Christmas burst."
Date released: Nov 30, 2011
Fermi Reveals a Cosmic-ray Cocoon in Cygnus
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010800/a010878/
Short description: Tour the Cygnus X star factory.
Date released: Nov 28, 2011
Fermi Discovers Youngest Millisecond Pulsar
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Short description: Among a type of pulsar with ages typically numbering a billion years or more, Fermi has found one that appears to have been born only millions of years ago.
Date released: Nov 3, 2011
NASA's Fermi Shows How Active Galaxies Can Be
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010800/a010819/
Short description: Fermi team member Elizabeth Hays narrates this quick tour of blazars, which includes LAT movies showing how rapidly their emissions can change.
Date released: Sep 8, 2011
NASA's Swift Satellite Spots Black Hole Devouring A Star
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010800/a010807/
Short description: Animation of a model for an intense X-ray flare observed by Swift in which a sun-like star on an eccentric orbit plunges too close to its galaxy's central black hole.
Date released: Aug 24, 2011
Nearby Galaxy Boasts Two Monster Black Holes, Both Active (Zoom into Markarian 739)
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010795/index.html
Short description: Zoom into Markarian 739, a nearby galaxy hosting two monster black holes.
Date released: Jun 9, 2011
Swift Finds Most Distant Gamma-ray Burst Yet
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010500/a010590/
Short description: Video showing all 500 bursts detected by Swift. Some notable bursts are identified.
Date released: May 27, 2011
Fermi Spots 'Superflares' in the Crab Nebula
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010767/
Short description: NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected the most powerful in a series of gamma-ray flares occurring somewhere within the supernova remnant.
Date released: May 11, 2011
Swift and Hubble Probe an Asteroid Crash
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010747/
Short description: Short narrated video about the asteroid collision.
Date released: Apr 28, 2011
Colliding Neutron Stars Create Black Hole and Gamma-ray Burst
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010740/
Short description: State-of-the-art supercomputer models show that merging neutron stars can power a short gamma-ray burst.
Date released: Apr 7, 2011
Swift Finds 'Missing' Active Galaxies
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010600/a010698/
Short description: Video showing how the gas and dust surrounding the central black hole in an active galaxy affects its observed properties, and how Swift is finding active galaxies that are typically hidden from us.
Date released: Jan 20, 2011
A Flickering X-ray Candle
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010708/
Short description: A short narrated video about the Crab Nebula's variability.
Date released: Jan 12, 2011
Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Create Antimatter
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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010706/
Short description: TGFs produce high-energy electrons and positrons. Moving near the speed of light, these particles travel into space along Earth's magnetic field.
Date released: Jan 10, 2011

JAXA, NASA XRISM Mission Ready for Liftoff

XRISM launched successfully on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, at 7:42 p.m. EDT (Thursday, Sept. 7, 8:42 a.m. in Japan). The spacecraft separated from the rocket at 7:56 p.m. EDT.Read more.

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