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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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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
Quick Look: When a Stable Star Explodes (10-12-2021)
Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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-- When a Stable Star Explodes
Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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-- When a Stable Star Explodes
Quick Look: Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space (09-16-2021)
A "sonification" project led by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Universe of Learning transforms otherwise inaudible data from some of the world's most powerful telescopes into sound.
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-- Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space
A "sonification" project led by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Universe of Learning transforms otherwise inaudible data from some of the world's most powerful telescopes into sound.
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-- Jingle, Pluck, and Hum: Sounds from Space
Quick Look: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole (08-05-2021)
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
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-- V404 Cygni: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
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-- V404 Cygni: Huge Rings Around a Black Hole
Quick Look: Chandra Catches Slingshot During Collision (07-15-2021)
Galaxy clusters are the titans of the Universe. A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory examines the repercussions after two galaxy clusters clashed.
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-- Chandra Catches Slingshot During Collision
Galaxy clusters are the titans of the Universe. A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory examines the repercussions after two galaxy clusters clashed.
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-- Chandra Catches Slingshot During Collision
Quick Look: Cosmic Hand Hitting a Wall (06-24-2021)
Motions of a remarkable cosmic structure have been measured for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Motions of a remarkable cosmic structure have been measured for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Revised: November 06, 2024
