Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Tour of XJ1500+0154 (02-06-2017)
Every so often, an object will pass too close to a black hole and be ripped apart by its intense gravitational forces.
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-- Black Hole Meal Sets Record for Length and Size
Every so often, an object will pass too close to a black hole and be ripped apart by its intense gravitational forces.
- Download Video Podcast (62.8 MB, Runtime: 2:29)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
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-- Black Hole Meal Sets Record for Length and Size
A Tour of NGC 5128 Flare (10-20-2016)
Astronomers have found a pair of extraordinary objects that dramatically burst in X-rays. This discovery, made using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton observatory, may represent a new class of explosive events.
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-- Mysterious Cosmic Objects Erupting in X-rays Discovered
Astronomers have found a pair of extraordinary objects that dramatically burst in X-rays. This discovery, made using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton observatory, may represent a new class of explosive events.
- Download Video Podcast (68.9 MB, Runtime: 3:04)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
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- Transcript
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-- Mysterious Cosmic Objects Erupting in X-rays Discovered
A Tour of IC 2497 (08-12-2016)
A galaxy and a cloud of cool gas located about 680 million light years from Earth.
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-- Cloverleaf Quasar
-- SDSS J1254+0846
A galaxy and a cloud of cool gas located about 680 million light years from Earth.
- Download Video Podcast (68.9 MB, Runtime: 3:00)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
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- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Cloverleaf Quasar
-- SDSS J1254+0846
A Tour of B3 0727+409 (02-26-2016)
Astronomers have used Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the Universe.
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-- Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet
Astronomers have used Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the Universe.
- Download Video Podcast (47.8 MB, Runtime: 2:26)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
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- Transcript
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-- Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet
A Tour of Pictor A (02-10-2016)
The Universe produces phenomena that often surpass what science fiction can conjure.
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-- Blast from Black Hole in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The Universe produces phenomena that often surpass what science fiction can conjure.
- Download Video Podcast (35.4 MB, Runtime: 2:34)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
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-- Blast from Black Hole in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Revised: February 02, 2017
