Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Quick Look: Triple Galaxy Mergers (01-14-2021)
When three galaxies collide, what happens to the central black holes growing at the cores of each?
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-- Galaxies Hit Single, Doubles, and a Triple (Growing Black Holes)
When three galaxies collide, what happens to the central black holes growing at the cores of each?
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-- Galaxies Hit Single, Doubles, and a Triple (Growing Black Holes)
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Quick Look: Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar (01-08-2021)
In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic stars, with the discovery of a magnetar.
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-- J1818.0-1607: Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar
In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic stars, with the discovery of a magnetar.
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-- J1818.0-1607: Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar
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Quick Look: On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole (12-17-2020)
Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh billions of times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.
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-- On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole
Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh billions of times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.
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Quick Look: Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound (11-30-2020)
A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects.
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-- Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound
A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects.
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-- Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound
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Quick Look: A Cosmic Amethyst in a Dying Star (11-12-2020)
Astronomers using Chandra have found a bubble of ultra-hot gas at the center of a planetary nebula in our galaxy called IC 4593.
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-- A Cosmic Amethyst in a Dying Star
Astronomers using Chandra have found a bubble of ultra-hot gas at the center of a planetary nebula in our galaxy called IC 4593.
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