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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Quick Look: NASA Telescopes Discover Record-Breaking Black Hole (11-06-2023)
Astronomers found the most distant black hole ever detected in X-rays using the Chandra and Webb telescopes.
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Astronomers found the most distant black hole ever detected in X-rays using the Chandra and Webb telescopes.
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Quick Look: X-ray Telescopes Reveal the "Bones" of a Ghostly Cosmic Hand (10-30-2023)
Chandra's data of MSH 15-52 have been combined with data from NASA's newest X-ray telescope, IXPE to unveil the magnetic field "bones" of this remarkable structure.
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Chandra's data of MSH 15-52 have been combined with data from NASA's newest X-ray telescope, IXPE to unveil the magnetic field "bones" of this remarkable structure.
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Quick Look: Chandra Rewinds Story of Great Eruption of the 1840s (09-26-2023)
Using snapshots taken over 20 years with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have learned important new details about an eruption from Eta Carinae witnessed on Earth in the mid-19th century.
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Using snapshots taken over 20 years with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have learned important new details about an eruption from Eta Carinae witnessed on Earth in the mid-19th century.
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Quick Look: A Fab Five: New Images With NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (09-13-2023)
A new collection of stunning images highlights data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes.
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A new collection of stunning images highlights data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes.
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Quick Look: A Giant Black Hole Destroys a Massive Star (08-22-2023)
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton, and other telescopes have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a large star and strewn its contents into space.
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-- ASASSN-14li: A Giant Black Hole Destroys a Massive Star
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton, and other telescopes have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a large star and strewn its contents into space.
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Quick Look: Unexpectedly Calm and Remote Galaxy Cluster Discovered (07-20-2023)
Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster with an important quality — providing insight into how these gigantic structures formed and why the universe looks like it does in the present day.
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Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster with an important quality — providing insight into how these gigantic structures formed and why the universe looks like it does in the present day.
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Quick Look: Cosmic Harmonies: Sonifications From NASA Telescopes (06-20-2023)
Three new 'sonifications' of NASA data have been released: R Aquarii, Stephan’s Quintet, and M10.
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Three new 'sonifications' of NASA data have been released: R Aquarii, Stephan’s Quintet, and M10.
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Quick Look: Galaxies Go on a Deep Dive and Leave Fiery Tail Behind (06-06-2023)
The NGC 4839 group of galaxies is plunging into the Coma galaxy cluster and leaving behind an extraordinary tail of superheated gas.
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The NGC 4839 group of galaxies is plunging into the Coma galaxy cluster and leaving behind an extraordinary tail of superheated gas.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra, Webb Combine for Arresting Views (05-23-2023)
Four composite images deliver dazzling views from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope of two galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster.
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Four composite images deliver dazzling views from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope of two galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster.
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Quick Look: 'H' is for Hot and Huge in Chandra Image (05-04-2023)
With a single letter seemingly etched in the X-ray glow around it, a giant black hole at the center of a massive elliptical galaxy is making a mark on its surroundings.
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With a single letter seemingly etched in the X-ray glow around it, a giant black hole at the center of a massive elliptical galaxy is making a mark on its surroundings.
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