Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Quick Look at Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 (09-06-2018)
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from Earth.
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-- AM 0644-741: Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic One Ring -- in X-rays
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from Earth.
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-- AM 0644-741: Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic One Ring -- in X-rays
A Tour of Alpha Centauri (06-06-2018)
A new study of Alpha Centauri indicates that any planets orbiting the two brightest stars are likely not being pummeled by large amounts of X-ray radiation from their host stars.
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-- Chandra Scouts Nearest Star System for Possible Hazards
A new study of Alpha Centauri indicates that any planets orbiting the two brightest stars are likely not being pummeled by large amounts of X-ray radiation from their host stars.
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-- Chandra Scouts Nearest Star System for Possible Hazards
A Quick Look at Alpha Centauri (06-06-2018)
A new study of Alpha Centauri indicates that any planets orbiting the two brightest stars are likely not being pummeled by large amounts of X-ray radiation from their host stars.
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-- Chandra Scouts Nearest Star System for Possible Hazards
A new study of Alpha Centauri indicates that any planets orbiting the two brightest stars are likely not being pummeled by large amounts of X-ray radiation from their host stars.
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-- Chandra Scouts Nearest Star System for Possible Hazards
A Quick Look at GW170817 (05-31-2018)
A new study using Chandra data of GW170817 indicates that the event that produced gravitational waves likely created the lowest mass black hole known.
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-- Gravitational Wave Event Likely Signaled Creation of a Black Hole
A new study using Chandra data of GW170817 indicates that the event that produced gravitational waves likely created the lowest mass black hole known.
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-- Gravitational Wave Event Likely Signaled Creation of a Black Hole
A Quick Look at E0102 (05-23-2018)
Astronomers have discovered a special kind of neutron star for the first time outside of the Milky Way galaxy.
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-- E0102-72.3: Astronomers Spot a Distant and Lonely Neutron Star
Astronomers have discovered a special kind of neutron star for the first time outside of the Milky Way galaxy.
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-- E0102-72.3: Astronomers Spot a Distant and Lonely Neutron Star
Revised: November 03, 2022
