Chandra :: Chronicles

An overview of the Chandra mission and goals, Chandra's namesake, top 10 facts.

Classroom activities, printable materials, interactive games & more.

Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray sources: black holes to galaxy clusters.

All Chandra images released to the public listed by date & by category

Current Chandra press releases, status reports, interviews & biographies.

A collection of multimedia, illustrations & animations, a glossary, FAQ & more.

A collection of illustrations, animations and video.

Chandra discoveries in an audio/video format.

Chandra in 2012: A Teenager in Space

In July of 2012, Chandra completed its 13th year of operation, making it a teenager. That is young in human terms, but it is getting up there for an automobile, and could be considered a "senior citizen" for a spacecraft of Chandra's complexity.

How many computers do you have that are 13 years old? Chandra's magnificent sister NASA flagship observatory, Hubble, is older, at 22, but astronauts have paid 4 house calls to make major upgrades over the years. Full Story

A Chandra press release was issued on Dec 18 describing results of observations of the brightest galaxies in a sample of 18 galaxy clusters, to target the largest black holes. [more]

A Cosmic Corkscrew
[07 Jan 13]
It's a pleasure to welcome Martin Durant, of the University of Toronto, for a guest blog article giving more background about his work on the striking variations discovered in the Vela Pulsar....
More | Leave Comment

Vela Pulsar Jet [01/07/2013]
A new Chandra movie of the Vela pulsar shows it may be "precessing," or wobbling as it spins.

Take Chandra anywhere! Just download Chandra Podcasts to your portable MP3 player and go. Now playing: Vela Pulsar in 60 Seconds

Cepheus B: A cloud of molecular hydrogen in the Milky Way about 2,400 light years from Earth. Download Desktop.

Look Back Time -- Remembering Franco
The finite speed of light means that we must always be out of date, no matter how hard we strive to keep up with the times. The term look-back time refers to the time in the past when the light we now observe from a distant object was emitted. Full Story.

An Interview with Rashid Sunyaev
Few areas of cosmology and high-energy astrophysics have not been influenced by the work of Rashid Sunyaev, one of the most distinguished and highly respected scientists in these fields. One outstanding contribution has been the prediction of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect, named after Sunyaev and his Russian mentor, Yakov Zeldovich. Full Story.

Changing the way we view the world
Thirty years of space shuttle flights came to an end on July 21, 2011 when Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down before dawn at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. "The space shuttle changed the way we view the world, the way we view the universe," Commander Chris Ferguson said soon after landing. Full Story.

Info & Privacy Policy.

Articles from:

['12 | '11 | '10 | '09 | '08 | '07 | '06 |
'05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99]

Dec 14 Chandra in 2012: A Teenager in Space

Oct 24 Look Back Time -- Remembering Franco

Aug 15 An Interview with Rashid Sunyaev

Apr 12 An Interview with Will Dawson

Nov 3 Changing the way we view the world

May 20 Chandra: Promises Made and Kept

Sign our Guestbook
& send us feedback

Where is Chandra Now?