The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD
High definition views of Chandra's exciting science Cassiopeia A is the 300-year-old remnant created by the supernova explosion of a massive star. Each Great Observatory image highlights different characteristics of the remnant.
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Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates 15th Anniversary
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Chandra X-ray Observatory, we ...
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Chandra X-ray Observatory, we have released four new images of supernova remnants.
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Space Scoop: X-ray Vision Reveals the Insides of Stars
Each of these four fabulous photographs shows the remains of ...
Each of these four fabulous photographs shows the remains of an exploded star - called a supernova remnant.
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A Tour of The Big, Bad & Beautiful Universe with Chandra
In fifteen years of operation, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has ...
In fifteen years of operation, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has given us a view of the universe that is largely hidden from telescopes sensitive only to visible light.
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A Tour of M106
NGC 4258, also known as Messier 106, is a spiral ...
NGC 4258, also known as Messier 106, is a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. This galaxy is famous, however, for something that our Galaxy doesn't have - two extra spiral arms that glow in X-ray, optical, and radio light.
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A Tour of Perseus
A team of astronomers has used Chandra X-ray Observatory and ...
A team of astronomers has used Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton to study a large group of galaxy clusters with a surprising result.
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Space Scoop: X-rays Uncover Black Holes Dancing With Normal Stars
This photograph shows the flamboyant spiral galaxy called Messier 51.
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A Tour of M51
Like the Milky Way, the Whirlpool is a spiral galaxy ...
Like the Milky Way, the Whirlpool is a spiral galaxy with spectacular arms of stars and dust.
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Space Scoop: Collecting Clues to a Cosmic Crime
The galaxy is called ESO 137-001 and in reality it ...
The galaxy is called ESO 137-001 and in reality it is hidden from our view by a thick fog of space dust.
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Space Scoop: Galaxy Hits a Cosmic Bullseye
The Universe is vast and largely made up of empty ...
The Universe is vast and largely made up of empty space, but cosmic collisions still happen pretty often.
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A Tour of Flame Nebula
A new study of NGC 2024 and the Orion Nebula ...
A new study of NGC 2024 and the Orion Nebula Cluster show stars on the outskirts of these clusters are older than those in the middle.
