NICER Charts the Area Around a New Black Hole (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Watch how X-ray echoes, mapped by NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) revealed changes to the corona of black hole MAXI J1820+070.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T8kJwGDwONo

Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12854

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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