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Some 5 million years ago, a black hole eruption in the galaxy NGC 4945 set off a star-formation frenzy and shot a vast cloud of gas into intergalactic space. Watch and learn how two X-ray telescopes revealed the story.
Music Credits: Universal Production Music
Planetary Horizons by Jia Lee
Eyes Peeled by Bard
Sprinkle of Mischief by Ash and Harold
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Science writers: Jeanette Kazmierczak (University of Maryland College Park) [Lead] and Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park)
Scientist: Kim Weaver (NASA/GSFC)
Producer: Sophia Roberts (MORI Associates)
Project support: Scott Wiessinger (MORI Associates)
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Some 5 million years ago, a black hole eruption in the galaxy NGC 4945 set off a star-formation frenzy and shot a vast cloud of gas into intergalactic space. Watch and learn how two X-ray telescopes revealed the story.
Music Credits: Universal Production Music
Planetary Horizons by Jia Lee
Eyes Peeled by Bard
Sprinkle of Mischief by Ash and Harold
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Science writers: Jeanette Kazmierczak (University of Maryland College Park) [Lead] and Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park)
Scientist: Kim Weaver (NASA/GSFC)
Producer: Sophia Roberts (MORI Associates)
Project support: Scott Wiessinger (MORI Associates)
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14498. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14498. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines.
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