Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
NGC 7793 in 60 Seconds (07-26-2010)
This composite image shows the nearby galaxy NGC 7793 that contains a powerful microquasar in its outskirts.
- Related Links:
-- Black Hole Blows Big Bubble
-- Tour of NGC 7739
This composite image shows the nearby galaxy NGC 7793 that contains a powerful microquasar in its outskirts.
- Dowload Video Podcast (22.8 MB, Runtime: 1:17)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Black Hole Blows Big Bubble
-- Tour of NGC 7739
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.
- Related Links:
-- 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.
- Dowload Video Podcast (44.1 MB, Runtime: 1:32)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Peering Into The Heart of Darkness
-- Tour of Sagittarius A*
NGC 6240 in 60 Seconds (10-07-2009)
NGC 6240 is a system in which two supermassive black holes are a mere 3,000 light years apart, virtually nothing in astronomical terms.
- Related Links:
-- Black Holes Go "Mano A Mano"
-- Tour of NGC 6240
NGC 6240 is a system in which two supermassive black holes are a mere 3,000 light years apart, virtually nothing in astronomical terms.
- Dowload Video Podcast (26.5 MB, Runtime: 1:59)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Black Holes Go "Mano A Mano"
-- Tour of NGC 6240
GRS 1915 in 60 Seconds (06-25-2009)
We start with an optical and infrared image that shows the crowded area around the object known as GRS 1915+105, or GRS 1915 for short.
- Related Links:
-- Erratic Black Hole Regulates Itself
-- Tour of GRS 1915
We start with an optical and infrared image that shows the crowded area around the object known as GRS 1915+105, or GRS 1915 for short.
- Dowload Video Podcast (14.3 MB, Runtime: 1:27)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Erratic Black Hole Regulates Itself
-- Tour of GRS 1915
M81 in 60 Seconds (08-21-2008)
This image of the mammoth spiral galaxy M81, located about 12 million light years away, contains data from four different NASA satellites.
- Related Links:
-- Black Holes Have Simple Feeding Habits
-- Tour of M81
This image of the mammoth spiral galaxy M81, located about 12 million light years away, contains data from four different NASA satellites.
- Dowload Video Podcast (28 MB, Runtime: 1:06)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
- Related Links:
-- Black Holes Have Simple Feeding Habits
-- Tour of M81
Revised: July 17, 2013
