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Solar System (9 listings)
Comets and planets |
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Normal Stars & Star Clusters (26 listings)
Stellar coronas, clusters of stars and hot gas produced by outflow from young stars. |
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White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulas (9 listings)
Hot gas associated with the final stages of evolution of Sun-like stars, novas, and other white dwarfs in binary star systems. |
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Supernovas & Supernova Remnants (51 listings)
X-ray sources produced by the violent explosions of massive stars. |
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Neutron Stars/X-ray Binaries (37 listings)
Hot, isolated neutron stars, rotation-powered pulsars, and neutron stars accreting matter from a nearby companion star. |
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Black Holes (54 listings)
Stellar black holes, mid-mass black holes, and supermassive black holes. |
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Milky Way Galaxy (15 listings)
Images related to the Galactic Center and other features of the structure and evolution of our Galaxy. |
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Normal Galaxies & Starburst Galaxies (42 listings)
Images of spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies that show X-ray sources associated with collapsed stars and star formation. |
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Quasars & Active Galaxies (42 listings)
Galaxies with unusually energetic activity, including high-energy jets, that is related to a central supermassive black hole. |
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Groups & Clusters of Galaxies (44 listings)
Vast clouds of hot gas embedded with numerous galaxies. |
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Cosmology/Deep Fields/X-ray Background (16 listings)
The sky as observed in X-rays is not dark, but gives off a glow thought to be from many distant sources. Deep surveys with the Chandra X-ray Observatory should reveal the cause of this glow. |
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Miscellaneous (9 listings)
Objects that don't fit in the above categories, such as brown dwarfs & gamma-ray bursts. |
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Chandra Programmatic & Other Press Releases (37 listings)
Releases related to Chandra people, awards and other programmatic aspects of the Chandra mission. |
