The bad boys of astronomy, black holes inspire well-deserved wariness and strange fascination. But what exactly are they? Since the Chandra X-ray Observatory's deployment in 1999, the telescope has revealed missing links and led to a better understanding of fascinating phenomena like black holes and supernovas.
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