Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Tour of NGC 5128 Flare (10-20-2016)
Astronomers have found a pair of extraordinary objects that dramatically burst in X-rays. This discovery, made using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton observatory, may represent a new class of explosive events.
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-- Mysterious Cosmic Objects Erupting in X-rays Discovered
Astronomers have found a pair of extraordinary objects that dramatically burst in X-rays. This discovery, made using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton observatory, may represent a new class of explosive events.
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-- Mysterious Cosmic Objects Erupting in X-rays Discovered
A Tour of IC 2497 (08-12-2016)
A galaxy and a cloud of cool gas located about 680 million light years from Earth.
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-- Cloverleaf Quasar
-- SDSS J1254+0846
A galaxy and a cloud of cool gas located about 680 million light years from Earth.
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-- Cloverleaf Quasar
-- SDSS J1254+0846
A Tour of B3 0727+409 (02-26-2016)
Astronomers have used Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the Universe.
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-- Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet
Astronomers have used Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a jet from a very distant supermassive black hole being illuminated by the oldest light in the Universe.
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-- Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet
A Tour of Pictor A (02-10-2016)
The Universe produces phenomena that often surpass what science fiction can conjure.
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-- Blast from Black Hole in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The Universe produces phenomena that often surpass what science fiction can conjure.
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-- Blast from Black Hole in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
A Tour of RGG 118 (08-13-2015)
Oxymorons are often thought of as gaffes in language, but a new black hole discovery shows they can also represent important scientific advances.
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-- Oxymoronic Black Hole Provides Clues to Growth
Oxymorons are often thought of as gaffes in language, but a new black hole discovery shows they can also represent important scientific advances.
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-- Oxymoronic Black Hole Provides Clues to Growth
Revised: November 03, 2022
