Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Learn About the Milky Way (11-01-2012)
The word galaxy comes from the Greek word meaning "milky circle" or the more familiar Milky Way.
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-- Learn About the Milky Way
The word galaxy comes from the Greek word meaning "milky circle" or the more familiar Milky Way.
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- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
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- Transcript
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-- Learn About the Milky Way
Sgr A* in 60 Seconds (02-09-2012)
Over several years, astronomers have noticed flares in X-ray light from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
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-- NASA's Chandra Finds Milky Way's Black Hole May be Grazing on Asteroids
-- Tour of Sagittarius A*
Over several years, astronomers have noticed flares in X-ray light from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
- Dowload Video Podcast (53.1 MB, Runtime: 1:58)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- NASA's Chandra Finds Milky Way's Black Hole May be Grazing on Asteroids
-- Tour of Sagittarius A*
Sagittarius A* in 60 Seconds (01-21-2010)
Astronomers have long known that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a particularly poor eater.
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-- Peering Into The Heart of Darkness
-- Tour of Sagittarius A*
Astronomers have long known that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a particularly poor eater.
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- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Peering Into The Heart of Darkness
-- Tour of Sagittarius A*
Multiwavelength Galactic Center in 60 Seconds (11-23-2009)
This never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way combines a near-infrared view from Hubble, an infrared image from Spitzer, and X-ray data from Chandra.
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-- NASA's Great Observatories Examine the Galactic Center Region
-- Tour of Multiwavelength Galactic Center
This never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way combines a near-infrared view from Hubble, an infrared image from Spitzer, and X-ray data from Chandra.
- Dowload Video Podcast (38.4 MB, Runtime: 1:17)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- NASA's Great Observatories Examine the Galactic Center Region
-- Tour of Multiwavelength Galactic Center
Galactic Center in 60 Seconds (09-22-2009)
This image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a wealth of exotic objects and high-energy features at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
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-- New Vista of Milky Way Center Unveiled
-- Tour of Galactic Center
This image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a wealth of exotic objects and high-energy features at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
- Dowload Video Podcast (36.2 MB, Runtime: 1:14)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- New Vista of Milky Way Center Unveiled
-- Tour of Galactic Center
Revised: January 11, 2013
