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The Center of the Milky Way
Lecture no. 12 from the course: A Visual Guide to the Universe with the Smithsonian
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Taught by Professor David M. Meyer | 31 min | Categories: Science
Travel to the most exotic sector of the Milky Way, the galactic center, which has a black hole four million times more massive than the sun and is orbited by hot gas and giant stars. View this violent region at multiple wavelengths using the most advanced telescopes of our day.
18 Lectures
1
Probing the Cosmos from Space
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of 28 min
2
The Magnetic Beauty of the Active Sun
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of 28 min
3
Mars-Water and the Search for Life
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of 29 min
4
Vesta and the Asteroid Belt
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of 29 min
5
Saturn-The Rings of Enchantment
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of 29 min
6
The Ice Moons Europa and Enceladus
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of 27 min
7
The Search for Other Earths
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of 31 min
8
The Swan Nebula
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of 31 min
9
The Seven Sisters and Their Stardust Veil
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of 30 min
10
Future Supernova, Eta Carinae
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of 31 min
11
Runaway Star, Zeta Ophiuchi
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of 30 min
12
The Center of the Milky Way
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of 31 min
13
The Andromeda Galaxy
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of 30 min
14
Hubble's Galaxy Zoo
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of 30 min
15
The Brightest Quasar
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of 30 min
16
The Dark Side of the Bullet Cluster
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of 31 min
17
The Cosmic Reach of Gamma-Ray Bursts
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of 30 min
18
The Afterglow of the Big Bang
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of 44 min
