In its first decade of exploration, Chandra has expanded our view of the universe with its unrivaled abililty to create high-resolution X-ray images of cosmic phenomena: X-ray sources produced by matter circling only a few miles from a black hole, whirling, super-dense neutron stars expelling fingers and rings of extremely high energy particles, a look at the insides of an exploded star, and clouds of hot degree gas in galaxy clusters millions of light years across. None of this could be observed without an X-ray telescope. Full Story
Some Super Bowl Physics (And a Little Bit of the Cosmos)
The good folks over at Cosmic Variance have blogged about a "Sports Science" segment that analyzes how well (and accurately) the New Orleans Saints...
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The good folks over at Cosmic Variance have blogged about a "Sports Science" segment that analyzes how well (and accurately) the New Orleans Saints...
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Chandra passed through the last two eclipses of the 2009 winter season
on Dec 12 and 15 respectively, with nominal power and thermal
performance.
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SDSS J1254+0846 [02/03/2010]A system containing a pair of quasars about 4.6 billion light years away.
Take Chandra anywhere! Just download Chandra Podcasts to your portable MP3 player and go. Now playing: NGC 1399 in 60 Seconds 
Cepheus B: A cloud of molecular hydrogen in the Milky Way about 2,400 light years from Earth. Download Desktop. 
While in the process of pulling together a list of the top ten Chandra science stories, colleague P.Edmonds suggestlest news stories.
Not being an especially cool ed that we also put together a list of Chandra's cooperson - at least I don't think I'm cool, and I don't remember anyone ever saying I'm cool, and as I understand cool, if you're cool, you know it - I was perplexed. This confirms one of Malcolm Gladwell's rules of cool: "...it can be only be observed by those who are themselves cool. Full Story
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) was conceived to honor the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei in 1609, and has evolved into an extensive series of worldwide programs. Sponsored by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and endorsed by the U.S. House of Representatives, UNESCO and the United Nations, IYA2009 aims to stimulate worldwide interest in astronomy and science, especially among young people and underserved populations. More than 135 countries and agencies are participating in this important global event. IYA2009’s purpose is about more than just celebrating astronomy’s achievements during a single year: its goal is to build sustainable astronomy education and outreach programs and partnerships that will continue on into the future. Full Story
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