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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Quick Look at the Black Hole Jet in M87 (01-06-2020)
Astronomers have shown that the famous black hole in Messier 87 is propelling particles faster than 99% of the speed of light using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Famous Black Hole Has Jet Pushing Cosmic Speed Limit
Astronomers have shown that the famous black hole in Messier 87 is propelling particles faster than 99% of the speed of light using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Famous Black Hole Has Jet Pushing Cosmic Speed Limit
A Quick Look at the Crab Nebula 3D Visualization (01-05-2020)
Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning program have combined X-ray, visible, and infrared wavelengths to create a 3D representation of the dynamic Crab Nebula.
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-- NASA's Great Observatories Help Astronomers Build a 3D Visualization of Exploded Star
Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning program have combined X-ray, visible, and infrared wavelengths to create a 3D representation of the dynamic Crab Nebula.
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-- NASA's Great Observatories Help Astronomers Build a 3D Visualization of Exploded Star
A Quick Look at Galaxy Gathering Brings Warmth (12-17-2019)
Two groups of galaxies located about 380 million light years from Earth are slamming into each other at about 4 million miles per hour.
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-- Galaxy Gathering Brings Warmth
Two groups of galaxies located about 380 million light years from Earth are slamming into each other at about 4 million miles per hour.
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-- Galaxy Gathering Brings Warmth
A Quick Look at a Positive Feedback Black Hole (11-26-2019)
Astronomers have uncovered a black hole that may have sparked the birth of stars over a phenomenal distance of more than a million light years and across multiple galaxies.
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-- Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light Years Away
Astronomers have uncovered a black hole that may have sparked the birth of stars over a phenomenal distance of more than a million light years and across multiple galaxies.
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-- Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light Years Away
A Quick Look at the Phoenix Cluster (11-18-2019)
Scientists have found stars forming at a furious rate in the Phoenix galaxy cluster. The supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy clusters usually stifles star formation, but the one in Phoenix is not.
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-- Phoenix Cluster: A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
Scientists have found stars forming at a furious rate in the Phoenix galaxy cluster. The supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy clusters usually stifles star formation, but the one in Phoenix is not.
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-- Phoenix Cluster: A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
A Quick Look at Chandra's Archive Collection (10-30-2019)
A new collection of images is being released to recognize Archive month, which is celebrated every October in the US.
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-- Chandra Archive Collection: Combing Through the "X-ray Files"
A new collection of images is being released to recognize Archive month, which is celebrated every October in the US.
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-- Chandra Archive Collection: Combing Through the "X-ray Files"
A Quick Look at a Collision Between Four Galaxy Clusters in Abell 1758 (10-24-2019)
When two pairs of galaxy clusters collide, the result is not four separate objects, but one giant galaxy cluster.
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-- Chandra Spots a Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making
When two pairs of galaxy clusters collide, the result is not four separate objects, but one giant galaxy cluster.
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-- Chandra Spots a Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making
A Quick Look Tycho's Supernova Remnant (10-17-2019)
A new image of the Tycho supernova remnant from Chandra reveals an intriguing pattern of bright clumps and fainter holes giving clues about its origin.
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-- The Clumpy and Lumpy Death of a Star
A new image of the Tycho supernova remnant from Chandra reveals an intriguing pattern of bright clumps and fainter holes giving clues about its origin.
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-- The Clumpy and Lumpy Death of a Star
A Quick Look at Triplet Black Holes (09-25-2019)
A study using data from Chandra and other telescopes provides the strongest evidence yet for three supermassive black holes on a collision course.
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-- Found: Three Black Holes On Collision Course
A study using data from Chandra and other telescopes provides the strongest evidence yet for three supermassive black holes on a collision course.
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-- Found: Three Black Holes On Collision Course
A Quick Look at PSO167-13 (08-08-2019)
Found at a time only about 850 million years after the Big Bang, this black hole could help us better understand an important epoch in the history of the Universe.
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-- Cloaked Black Hole Discovered in Early Universe using NASA's Chandra
Found at a time only about 850 million years after the Big Bang, this black hole could help us better understand an important epoch in the history of the Universe.
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-- Cloaked Black Hole Discovered in Early Universe using NASA's Chandra
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Revised: November 06, 2024
