Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
GB 1428+4217 in 60 Seconds (11-29-2012)
The most distant jet in X-ray light has been discovered using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
- Related Links:
-- Record-Setting X-ray Jet Discovered
-- Tour of GB 1428+4217
The most distant jet in X-ray light has been discovered using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
- Dowload Video Podcast (47.4 MB, Runtime: 1:43)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Record-Setting X-ray Jet Discovered
-- Tour of GB 1428+4217
NGC 4178 in 60 Seconds (10-25-2012)
A supermassive black hole with one of the lowest masses ever observed has been spotted in the middle of a galaxy, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other observatories.
- Related Links:
-- Revealing a Mini-Supermassive Black Hole
-- Tour of NGC 4178
A supermassive black hole with one of the lowest masses ever observed has been spotted in the middle of a galaxy, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other observatories.
- Dowload Video Podcast (55.1 MB, Runtime: 1:47)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Revealing a Mini-Supermassive Black Hole
-- Tour of NGC 4178
CID-42 in 60 Seconds (06-04-2012)
At the center of a galaxy some 4 billion light years from Earth, something extraordinary is happening. This galaxy, known as CID-42, contains a giant black hole.
- Related Links:
-- Giant Black Hole Kicked Out of Home Galaxy
-- Tour of CID-42
At the center of a galaxy some 4 billion light years from Earth, something extraordinary is happening. This galaxy, known as CID-42, contains a giant black hole.
- Dowload Video Podcast (33.7 MB, Runtime: 1:43)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Giant Black Hole Kicked Out of Home Galaxy
-- Tour of CID-42
CID 1711 and CID 3083 in 60 Seconds (10-26-2011)
Astronomers have recently completed a large survey of the sky using some of the powerful telescopes both on the ground and in space.
- Related Links:
-- Close Encounters of the Galactic Kind
-- Tour of CID 1711 and CID 3083
Astronomers have recently completed a large survey of the sky using some of the powerful telescopes both on the ground and in space.
- Dowload Video Podcast (36.8 MB, Runtime: 1:48)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Close Encounters of the Galactic Kind
-- Tour of CID 1711 and CID 3083
NGC 3393 in 60 Seconds (08-31-2011)
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way.
- Related Links:
-- NASA's Chandra Finds Nearest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
-- Tour of NGC 3393
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way.
- Dowload Video Podcast (40.1 MB, Runtime: 1:44)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- NASA's Chandra Finds Nearest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
-- Tour of NGC 3393
Revised: January 11, 2013
