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Learn About Supernovas
Learn About Supernovas
Supernovas are some of the most dramatic events in the cosmos. These titanic events send shockwaves rumbling through space and create giant bubbles of gas that have been superheated to millions of degrees. (2013-01-03)
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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.

SXP 1062 in 60 Seconds
SXP 1062 in 60 Seconds (12-21-2011)
The Milky Way galaxy has several small satellite galaxies very close to it. One of them is called the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Abell 2052 in 60 Seconds
Abell 2052 in 60 Seconds (12-14-2011)
The galaxy cluster Abell 2052 is found some 480 million light years from Earth. At the center of Abell 2052 is a giant elliptical galaxy, and within that is a supermassive black hole.

Tarantula Nebula in 60 Seconds
Tarantula Nebula in 60 Seconds (12-09-2011)
30 Doradus is a place where stars are born literally. This region, which is also known as the Tarantula Nebula, is located about 160,000 light years from Earth.

Cygnus X-1 in 60 Seconds
Cygnus X-1 in 60 Seconds (11-18-2011)
Over three decades ago, Stephen Hawking placed, and eventually lost, a bet against the existence of a black hole in Cygnus X-1.

RCW 86 in 60 Seconds
RCW 86 in 60 Seconds (11-02-2011)
In 185 A.D., Chinese astronomers noted a "guest star" that mysteriously appeared in the sky and stayed for about 8 months.

CID 1711 and CID 3083 in 60 Seconds
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.

G299.2-2.9 in 60 Seconds
G299.2-2.9 in 60 Seconds (10-13-2011)
G299.2-2.9 is an intriguing supernova remnant found about 16,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy.

NGC 281 in 60 Seconds
NGC 281 in 60 Seconds (09-30-2011)
High-mass stars are important because they are responsible for much of the energy pumped into a galaxy over its lifetime.

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CoRoT-2A in 60 Seconds
CoRoT-2A in 60 Seconds (09-13-2011)
In recent years, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars other than our Sun.

NGC 3393 in 60 Seconds
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.

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