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Vela Pulsar in 60 Seconds
Vela Pulsar in 60 Seconds
Unlike with some Hollywood films, a sequel of a movie from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is better than the first. (2013-01-07)
Podcasts: Normal Galaxies & Starburst Galaxies

Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.

NGC 604 in 60 Seconds
NGC 604 in 60 Seconds (03-23-2009)
NGC 604 is a divided neighborhood in the galaxy M33, where some 200 hot, young massive stars reside.

M101 in 60 Seconds
M101 in 60 Seconds (02-10-2009)
This image of the spiral galaxy Messier 101 is a composite of observations from NASA's three Great Observatories.

M84 in 60 Seconds
M84 in 60 Seconds (12-12-2008)
M84 is a massive elliptical galaxy located about 55 million light years from Earth in the Virgo Cluster.

M81 in 60 Seconds
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.

NGC 4258 in 60 Seconds
NGC 4258 in 60 Seconds (07-11-2008)
A composite image of NGC 4258, about 25 million light-years from Earth, shows an X-shaped pattern when seen in different types of light.

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Just Two Numbers Is All You Need
Just Two Numbers Is All You Need (06-02-2008)
Black holes sound wildly complicated. After all, there are all sorts of bizarre things going on: intense gravity, the warping of the fabric of space, the distortion of time itself. But when it comes to describing black holes, it comes down to just two numbers: the mass of the black hole and its spin.

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Sombrero Galaxy in 60 Seconds
Sombrero Galaxy in 60 Seconds (05-21-2008)
Like the Milky Way, Sombrero is a spiral galaxy. However, we see Sombrero edge-on from our vantage point from Earth, rather than the face-down perspective that is more familiar.

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M82 in 60 Seconds
M82 in 60 Seconds (04-14-2008)
When seen in visible light from the Hubble Space Telescope, M82 looks like an ordinary spiral galaxy.

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M51 in 60 Seconds
M51 in 60 Seconds (03-18-2008)
Hubble's image of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, shows the majestic spiral arms that are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. The infrared image from Spitzer also reveals stars and the glow from clouds of interstellar dust.

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In A Galaxy Far, Far Away and Also Those Nearby
In A Galaxy Far, Far Away and Also Those Nearby (09-28-2007)
"In a galaxy far, far away..." These are some of the most famous words in movie history. But what do we already know about galaxies, and what do astronomers, like those using the Chandra X- ray Observatory, still hope to learn about them?

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