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Press Advisory: The Winter 'AstrOlympics' Kick Off

For Release: February 8, 2018

CXC

Winter AstrOlympics banner
Winter AstrOlympics website

As the athletes get set to compete in Pyeongchang, Korea, the public can explore the Olympic Games in a different way through an innovative project blending science and sports. "AstrOlympics" relates the amazing feats of Olympic athletes with the spectacular phenomena found throughout space.

Speed Poster
Winter AstrOlympics Poster: Speed

This project from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory highlights the physical connections between sport and space. Examining various topics including speed, distance, time, mass, rotation, and pressure, AstrOlympics explores the impressive range of these different physical properties.

AstrOlympics provides brief explanations of the physical concepts and then compares examples from common every day experiences, Olympic events, and discoveries from space made with Chandra and other observatories. For example, the rotation section compares the spin of an ice skater to that of a washing machine to the rotating of a spinning dead star.

The AstrOlympics project consists of a series of posters, videos, and a website. All of these materials are free to download and use. Science educators may contact the project via the website to request a small number of available hard copies. AstrOlympics will also be distributed through NASA and International Astronomical Union networks.

The 2018 Olympic Games will be held in South Korea between February 9-25.

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, controls Chandra's science and flight operations.

All of the AstrOlympics products and materials are available for free download at http://chandra.si.edu/olympics/.

More information about the Chandra X-ray Observatory at http://chandra.si.edu/ and http://www.nasa.gov/chandra

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, controls Chandra's science and flight operations.

Media contacts:
Megan Watzke
Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass.
617-496-7998
mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu

Media contacts:
Kimberly Arcand
Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass.
617-218-7196
kkowal@cfa.harvard.edu


Visitor Comments (4)

Thanks for sharing such a wonderful information. These black holes may be one cause of perfect distribution of stars in galaxy, evolution of our galaxy, may be symmetrical rotation of milky way.

Posted by Divyadarshan D.Purohit on Thursday, 04.12.18 @ 04:17am


Wonderful.

Posted by alejandro felipe ortiz hernández on Tuesday, 04.10.18 @ 08:44am


Is it possible that our universe behave like a brain Energy bursts along the galaxy filaments looks like nerve connections inside our brains?
Thanks.Mike.

Posted by mike on Monday, 04.9.18 @ 04:03am


Fascinating info that would make a great sci-fi story. Also accolsdes to those that make these great discoveries that add rich food for thought on the galaxy s centre. Ray

Posted by themondo on Friday, 04.6.18 @ 17:45pm