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Mirror Man Less than 50 years after the first detection of an extrasolar X-ray source, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has achieved an increase in sensitivity comparable to going from naked-eye observations to the most powerful optical telescopes over the past 400 years. |
Many individuals have been involved in this phenomenal accomplishment, but in this contribution, we focus on one: Leon Van Speybroeck. Full Story |

A real-time procedure was used to monitor the momentum unload that was executed from the on-board command loads on Sep 24; the unload performance was nominal. [more]


Discover and Explore with the Chandra Skymap
[01 Oct 13]
American Archives Month (each October) is an exciting time around here. We spend a lot of time working through the Chandra archive to bring you the best and...
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IGR J18245-2452 [09/26/2013]
These two images show a large change in X-ray brightness of a rapidly rotating neutron star, or pulsar, between 2006 and 2013.

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