Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Tour of IDCS J1426.5+3508 (01-12-2016)
New X-ray data from Chandra confirmed that IDCS J1426 was indeed enormous, weighing in at a whopping 500 trillion times the mass of our Sun.
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-- NASA’s Great Observatories Weigh Massive Young Galaxy Cluster
New X-ray data from Chandra confirmed that IDCS J1426 was indeed enormous, weighing in at a whopping 500 trillion times the mass of our Sun.
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A Tour of Zwicky 8338 (12-22-2015)
An extraordinary ribbon of hot gas trailing behind a galaxy like a tail has been discovered using data from Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Chandra Finds Remarkable Galactic Ribbon Unfurled
An extraordinary ribbon of hot gas trailing behind a galaxy like a tail has been discovered using data from Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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-- Chandra Finds Remarkable Galactic Ribbon Unfurled
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A Tour of SDSS J103842.59+484917.7 (11-24-2015)
One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity, one of the most important scientific achievements in the last century.
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-- Where Alice in Wonderland Meets Albert Einstein
One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity, one of the most important scientific achievements in the last century.
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-- Where Alice in Wonderland Meets Albert Einstein
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Banking X-ray Data for the Future (10-09-2015)
Chandra X-ray Observatory has collected data for over sixteen years on thousands of different objects throughout the Universe.
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-- Banking X-ray Data for the Future
Chandra X-ray Observatory has collected data for over sixteen years on thousands of different objects throughout the Universe.
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-- Banking X-ray Data for the Future
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Tour of Phoenix Cluster (10-01-2015)
This galaxy cluster, which was found about 5.7 billion light years from Earth, shattered several important astronomical records.
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-- A Fresh Perspective on an Extraordinary Cluster of Galaxies
This galaxy cluster, which was found about 5.7 billion light years from Earth, shattered several important astronomical records.
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-- A Fresh Perspective on an Extraordinary Cluster of Galaxies
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