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Heartbeat of a Black Hole
Exploding Stars and Black Holes
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This video is based on recent findings made by astronomers using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer of a pulsing "heartbeat" coming from the binary star-black hole system GRS-1915.
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