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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Quick Look: When a Stable Star Explodes (10-12-2021)
Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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Quick Look: Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space (09-16-2021)
A "sonification" project led by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Universe of Learning transforms otherwise inaudible data from some of the world's most powerful telescopes into sound.
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-- Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space
A "sonification" project led by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Universe of Learning transforms otherwise inaudible data from some of the world's most powerful telescopes into sound.
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Quick Look: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole (08-05-2021)
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
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-- V404 Cygni: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
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Quick Look: Chandra Catches Slingshot During Collision (07-15-2021)
Galaxy clusters are the titans of the Universe. A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory examines the repercussions after two galaxy clusters clashed.
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-- Chandra Catches Slingshot During Collision
Galaxy clusters are the titans of the Universe. A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory examines the repercussions after two galaxy clusters clashed.
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Quick Look: Cosmic Hand Hitting a Wall (06-24-2021)
Motions of a remarkable cosmic structure have been measured for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Motions of a remarkable cosmic structure have been measured for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Quick Look: Super Flares (06-16-2021)
The largest survey ever of star-forming regions in X-rays outlines the link between very powerful flares and the impact they could have on planets in orbit around them.
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-- The Give and Take of Mega-Flares From Stars
The largest survey ever of star-forming regions in X-rays outlines the link between very powerful flares and the impact they could have on planets in orbit around them.
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-- The Give and Take of Mega-Flares From Stars
Quick Look: A New Panorama of Our Galactic Center (05-27-2021)
A new panorama from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the MeerKAT radio telescope provides a stunning view of the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
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-- Magnetized Threads Weave Spectacular Galactic Tapestry
A new panorama from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the MeerKAT radio telescope provides a stunning view of the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
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-- Magnetized Threads Weave Spectacular Galactic Tapestry
Quick Look: Chandra Discoveries in 3D Available on New Platform (05-20-2021)
A collection of 3D computer models and prints is now available on a new platform from the Smithsonian Institution. This will provide greater access to these resources for libraries, museums, scientists, and the public.
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-- Chandra Discoveries in 3D Available on New Platform
A collection of 3D computer models and prints is now available on a new platform from the Smithsonian Institution. This will provide greater access to these resources for libraries, museums, scientists, and the public.
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-- Chandra Discoveries in 3D Available on New Platform
Quick Look: Cassiopeia A (04-21-2021)
Astronomers have discovered an important type of titanium blasting out from the center of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, a result that could be a major advance in understanding how some massive stars explode.
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-- Cassiopeia A: Bubbles With Titanium Trigger Titanic Explosions
Astronomers have discovered an important type of titanium blasting out from the center of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, a result that could be a major advance in understanding how some massive stars explode.
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Quick Look: M87 in Different Wavelengths of Light (04-14-2021)
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be told.
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-- Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be told.
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Revised: November 06, 2024
