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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M84 in 60 Seconds
M84 is a massive elliptical galaxy located about 55 million ...
M84 is a massive elliptical galaxy located about 55 million light years from Earth in the Virgo Cluster.
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M87 in 60 Seconds
M87 is a giant elliptical galaxy. At a distance of ...
M87 is a giant elliptical galaxy. At a distance of about 60 million light-years from Earth, M87 is the largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of some 2,000 galaxies.
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Abell 1689 in 60 Seconds
Abell 1689 is a massive cluster of galaxies located about ...
Abell 1689 is a massive cluster of galaxies located about 2.3 billion light-years away.
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SN1996cr in 60 Seconds
In 1995 or 1996 a supernova exploded in a nearby ...
In 1995 or 1996 a supernova exploded in a nearby galaxy, but no one on Earth knew it at the time.
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RCW 108 in 60 Seconds
RCW 108 is a region where stars are actively forming ...
RCW 108 is a region where stars are actively forming about 4,000 light-years from Earth.
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Perseus A in 60 Seconds
The giant galaxy, Perseus A, which is also known as ...
The giant galaxy, Perseus A, which is also known as NGC 1275, is a well-known source of strong radio radiation.
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Cat's Eye Nebula in 60 Seconds Plus
This composite of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ...
This composite of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope is another look for NGC 6543, better known as the Cat's Eye nebula.
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Macs J0025.4-1222 in 60 Seconds Plus
Two galaxy clusters, each a quadrillion times the mass of ...
Two galaxy clusters, each a quadrillion times the mass of the Sun, collided to form the system formally known as Macs J0025.4-1222.
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M81 in 60 Seconds
This image of the mammoth spiral galaxy M81, located about ...
This image of the mammoth spiral galaxy M81, located about 12 million light years away, contains data from four different NASA satellites.
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SN 1006 in 60 Seconds
The brightest supernova ever recorded on Earth, this spectacular light ...
The brightest supernova ever recorded on Earth, this spectacular light show was documented in China, Japan, Europe, and the Arab world. It was brighter than Venus, and visible during the day for weeks.
