Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Quick Look: "Mini" Monster Black Hole Could Hold Clues to Giant's Growth (01-10-2022)
Chandra has detected X-rays from the dwarf galaxy Mrk 462, revealing the presence of a growing supermassive black hole.
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-- Mrk 462: "Mini" Monster Black Hole Could Hold Clues to Giant's Growth
Chandra has detected X-rays from the dwarf galaxy Mrk 462, revealing the presence of a growing supermassive black hole.
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Quick Look: Astronomers Spy Quartet of Cavities From Giant Black Holes (12-16-2021)
Scientists have found four enormous cavities, or bubbles, at the center of a galaxy cluster using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Astronomers Spy Quartet of Cavities From Giant Black Holes
Scientists have found four enormous cavities, or bubbles, at the center of a galaxy cluster using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Astronomers Spy Quartet of Cavities From Giant Black Holes
Quick Look: Planetary Nebula: Misnamed but Not Misunderstood (12-06-2021)
A new collection of planetary nebulas containing X-rays from Chandra and optical light from Hubble.
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-- Planetary Nebula: Misnamed But Not Misunderstood
A new collection of planetary nebulas containing X-rays from Chandra and optical light from Hubble.
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-- Planetary Nebula: Misnamed But Not Misunderstood
Quick Look: Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick (11-22-2021)
New data suggest a white dwarf is blasting a companion object, either a low-mass star or planet, with waves of heat and radiation while pulling it apart through gravitational force.
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-- KPD 0005+5106: Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick
New data suggest a white dwarf is blasting a companion object, either a low-mass star or planet, with waves of heat and radiation while pulling it apart through gravitational force.
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-- KPD 0005+5106: Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick
Quick Look: Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy (10-25-2021)
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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-- Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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-- Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy
Revised: November 03, 2022
