Chandra Digest (July 17) Obscured AGN in the Chandra Deep Field South

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--- Friday, July 17, 2020  ---

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** Obscured AGN in the Chandra Deep Field South: Cases of Black Hole Mistaken Identity

The deepest X-ray image ever obtained that contains 28 previously misidentified black holes.

Read the article and rate the image at:

https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/cdfsagn/

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**Chandra Press Room: Cases of Black Hole Mistaken Identity
Astronomers have discovered one type of growing supermassive black hole masquerading as another, thanks to a suite of telescopes including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The true identity of these black holes helps solve a long-running mystery in astrophysics.
https://chandra.si.edu/press/20_releases/press_071520.html

**Chandra Blog: Happy Little Accidents: The Happenstance Finding of Obscured Growing Supermassive Black Holes with Chandra
We are delighted to welcome Erini Lambrides from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore Maryland as a guest blogger.

https://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/765

**Chandra Blog: When An Unstoppable Force Meets an Immovable Object
The explosions of dying stars, known as supernovas, are some of the most powerful events in our entire universe, releasing more energy than the Sun will in its entire 10-billion-year lifetime.

https://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/763

**Chandra Podcast: A Tour of X-rays From a Newborn Star Hint at Our Sun's Earliest Days
By detecting an X-ray flare from a very young star using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers have reset the timeline for when stars like the Sun start blasting high-energy radiation into space.
https://chandra.si.edu/resources/podcasts/by_date.html?year=2020