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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Quick Look at Cygnus A (01-10-2019)
A ricocheting jet blasting from a giant black hole has been captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Cygnus A: Ricocheting Black Hole Jet Discovered by Chandra
A ricocheting jet blasting from a giant black hole has been captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Cygnus A: Ricocheting Black Hole Jet Discovered by Chandra
A Quick Look at ASASSN14-li (01-09-2019)
A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth.
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-- Shredded Star Leads to Important Black Hole Discovery
A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth.
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-- Shredded Star Leads to Important Black Hole Discovery
A Quick Look at Archival Images (12-17-2018)
A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.
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-- Chandra Image Collection (Archives 2018)
A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.
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-- Chandra Image Collection (Archives 2018)
A Quick Look at Abell 1033 (11-15-2018)
Hidden in a distant galaxy cluster collision are wisps of gas resembling the starship Enterprise, an iconic spaceship from the "Star Trek" franchise.
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-- To Boldly Go into Colliding Galaxy Clusters
Hidden in a distant galaxy cluster collision are wisps of gas resembling the starship Enterprise, an iconic spaceship from the "Star Trek" franchise.
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-- To Boldly Go into Colliding Galaxy Clusters
A Quick Look at Kes 75 (10-18-2018)
Scientists have confirmed the identity of the youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way galaxy. This result could provide astronomers new information about how some stars end their lives.
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-- Kes 75: Milky Way's Youngest Pulsar Exposes Secrets of Star's Demise
Scientists have confirmed the identity of the youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way galaxy. This result could provide astronomers new information about how some stars end their lives.
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-- Kes 75: Milky Way's Youngest Pulsar Exposes Secrets of Star's Demise
A Quick Look at GRB 150101B (10-16-2018)
A distant cosmic relative to the first source that astronomers detected in both gravitational waves and light may have been discovered.
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-- All in the Family: Kin of Gravitational-Wave Source Discovered
A distant cosmic relative to the first source that astronomers detected in both gravitational waves and light may have been discovered.
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-- All in the Family: Kin of Gravitational-Wave Source Discovered
A Quick Look at Abell 2142 (09-27-2018)
Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to make heads and tails of a fascinating galactic system.
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-- Making Head or Tail of a Galactic Landscape
Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to make heads and tails of a fascinating galactic system.
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-- Making Head or Tail of a Galactic Landscape
A Quick Look at Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 (09-06-2018)
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from Earth.
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-- AM 0644-741: Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic One Ring -- in X-rays
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from Earth.
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-- AM 0644-741: Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic One Ring -- in X-rays
A Quick Look at COSMOS Legacy Survey (08-09-2018)
These Chandra data have provided strong evidence for the existence of so-called intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs).
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-- Finding the Happy Medium of Black Holes
These Chandra data have provided strong evidence for the existence of so-called intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs).
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-- Finding the Happy Medium of Black Holes
A Quick Look at RW Aur A (07-18-2018)
Chandra data indicates that a young star has likely destroyed and consumed an infant planet.
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-- Chandra May Have First Evidence of a Young Star Devouring a Planet
Chandra data indicates that a young star has likely destroyed and consumed an infant planet.
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-- Chandra May Have First Evidence of a Young Star Devouring a Planet
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Revised: November 06, 2024
