RXTE Reveals the Cloudy Cores of Active Galaxies (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Zoom into the cloudy heart of an active galaxy. This animation shows an artist's rendition of the cloudy structure revealed by a study of data from NASA's Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer satellite.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Wolfgang Steffen, UNAM

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