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.

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.

Take Chandra anywhere! Just download Chandra Podcasts to your portable MP3 player and go. Now playing: Seeds of Life Across the Universe

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

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. Full Story.

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The finite speed of light means that we must always be out of date, no matter how hard we strive to keep up with the times.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.

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Sep 27 Mirror Man

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

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Where is Chandra Now?

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.

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