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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Space Scoop: Super-Sized Space Spider!
Astronomers had to combine observations made with two space telescopes ...
Astronomers had to combine observations made with two space telescopes to create this photo.
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A New Look at an Old Friend
This galaxy, at a distance of about 12 million light ...
This galaxy, at a distance of about 12 million light years from Earth, contains a gargantuan jet blasting away from a central supermassive black hole.
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Space Scoop: I Can See Your Halo
Light from the nearest star outside our solar system has ...
Light from the nearest star outside our solar system has to travel through empty black space for 4.2 years before it reaches our eyes.
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Space Scoop: A Flare for the Dramatic
Magnetars are some of the most extreme objects known in ...
Magnetars are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe. These stars were given their name because they are very strong magnets.
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Tour of AM CVn
In the middle of the twentieth century, an unusual star ...
In the middle of the twentieth century, an unusual star was spotted in the constellation of Canes Venatici.
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2013: A Year with the Chandra X-ray Observatory
The Chandra images included in this brief 2013 retrospective are ...
The Chandra images included in this brief 2013 retrospective are drawn from dozens of images.
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Space Scoop: The Big Explosion No One Saw
About once or twice every 100 years, a gigantic nuclear ...
About once or twice every 100 years, a gigantic nuclear bomb detonates in our Galaxy.
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Space Scoop: Beautiful But Deadly
It seems that there is a twist in nature: the ...
It seems that there is a twist in nature: the more beautiful something is, the more deadly it also might be.
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Space Scoop: The Mysterious Afterlife of Stellar Giants
Neutron stars are the ultra-dense cores left behind after a ...
Neutron stars are the ultra-dense cores left behind after a massive star reaches the end of its life and explodes.
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Sgr A jet in 60 Seconds
Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on ...
Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on large and small scales.
