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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Quick Look: A Giant Black Hole Destroys a Massive Star (08-22-2023)
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton, and other telescopes have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a large star and strewn its contents into space.
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Astronomers using NASA's Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton, and other telescopes have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a large star and strewn its contents into space.
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Quick Look: Unexpectedly Calm and Remote Galaxy Cluster Discovered (07-20-2023)
Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster with an important quality — providing insight into how these gigantic structures formed and why the universe looks like it does in the present day.
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Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster with an important quality — providing insight into how these gigantic structures formed and why the universe looks like it does in the present day.
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Quick Look: Cosmic Harmonies: Sonifications From NASA Telescopes (06-20-2023)
Three new 'sonifications' of NASA data have been released: R Aquarii, Stephan’s Quintet, and M10.
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-- Quick Look: Cosmic Harmonies: Sonifications From NASA Telescopes
Three new 'sonifications' of NASA data have been released: R Aquarii, Stephan’s Quintet, and M10.
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Quick Look: Galaxies Go on a Deep Dive and Leave Fiery Tail Behind (06-06-2023)
The NGC 4839 group of galaxies is plunging into the Coma galaxy cluster and leaving behind an extraordinary tail of superheated gas.
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The NGC 4839 group of galaxies is plunging into the Coma galaxy cluster and leaving behind an extraordinary tail of superheated gas.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra, Webb Combine for Arresting Views (05-23-2023)
Four composite images deliver dazzling views from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope of two galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster.
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-- NASA's Chandra, Webb Combine for Arresting Views
Four composite images deliver dazzling views from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope of two galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster.
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-- NASA's Chandra, Webb Combine for Arresting Views
Quick Look: 'H' is for Hot and Huge in Chandra Image (05-04-2023)
With a single letter seemingly etched in the X-ray glow around it, a giant black hole at the center of a massive elliptical galaxy is making a mark on its surroundings.
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-- 'H' is for Hot and Huge in Chandra Image
With a single letter seemingly etched in the X-ray glow around it, a giant black hole at the center of a massive elliptical galaxy is making a mark on its surroundings.
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Quick Look: New Stellar Danger to Planets Identified by NASA's Chandra (04-20-2023)
Astronomers have identified a new threat to life on planets like Earth: a phase during which intense X-rays from exploded stars can affect planets over 100 light-years away.
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-- New Stellar Danger to Planets Identified by NASA's Chandra
Astronomers have identified a new threat to life on planets like Earth: a phase during which intense X-rays from exploded stars can affect planets over 100 light-years away.
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Quick Look: Chandra Determines What Makes a Galaxy's Wind Blow (03-29-2023)
Data from Chandra show the effects of powerful winds launched from the center of a nearby galaxy.
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-- Chandra Determines What Makes a Galaxy's Wind Blow
Data from Chandra show the effects of powerful winds launched from the center of a nearby galaxy.
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Quick Look: Chandra Helps Astronomers Discover a Surprisingly Lonely Galaxy (03-08-2023)
A distant – and lonely – galaxy appears to have pulled in and assimilated all of its former companion galaxies.
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-- Chandra Helps Astronomers Discover a Surprisingly Lonely Galaxy
A distant – and lonely – galaxy appears to have pulled in and assimilated all of its former companion galaxies.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Discovers Giant Black Holes on Collision Course (02-22-2023)
A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses.
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A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses.
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Revised: November 06, 2024
