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A collection of illustrations, animations and video.
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Explore New Results

Astronomers have found the first clear evidence of a binary quasar within a pair of actively merging galaxies.

Two distinct tails found on a long tail of gas that is believed to be forming stars where few stars have been formed before.


Chandra Status

Chandra passed through the last two eclipses of the 2009 winter season on Dec 12 and 15 respectively, with nominal power and thermal performance. [more]


Chandra Blog
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...
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Press Releases
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Status Reports
Current reports include information on the well-being of the spacecraft, planned observations, targets of opportunity and recent real-time activities.
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Interviews & Biographies
Biographies and other information on Chandra project members.

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If you are a member of the media and need any additional information or graphics, please contact the CXC Press Officer: Megan Watzke, cxcpress@cfa.harvard.edu