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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A Tour of NGC 5195
Astronomers using Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered evidence for powerful ...
Astronomers using Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered evidence for powerful blasts produced by a giant black hole.
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Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere
Bubbles represent important physical phenomena that can be found across ...
Bubbles represent important physical phenomena that can be found across many scales and in many different types of objects.
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A Tour of Zwicky 8338
An extraordinary ribbon of hot gas trailing behind a galaxy ...
An extraordinary ribbon of hot gas trailing behind a galaxy like a tail has been discovered using data from Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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A Tour of IC 443
The Jellyfish Nebula, lying about 5,000 light years from Earth, ...
The Jellyfish Nebula, lying about 5,000 light years from Earth, is the remnant of a supernova that occurred over 10,000 years ago.
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A Tour of SDSS J103842.59+484917.7
One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein published his ...
One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity, one of the most important scientific achievements in the last century.
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A Tour of Delta Orionis
Modern astronomers know that Delta Orionis is not simply one ...
Modern astronomers know that Delta Orionis is not simply one single star, but rather it is a complex multiple star system.
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Space Scoop: The Teeny Tiny Planet Destroyer
Astronomers have recently discovered evidence that a planet may have ...
Astronomers have recently discovered evidence that a planet may have been destroyed in our very own Galaxy.
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A Tour of ASASSN-14li
When something, like a star or a planet, wanders too ...
When something, like a star or a planet, wanders too close to a black hole, it is usually not good news for that object.
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Light Beyond the Bulb: Bent Light in Space
One of the most interesting characteristics of light is that ...
One of the most interesting characteristics of light is that the path that it travels can bend.
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Banking X-ray Data for the Future
Chandra X-ray Observatory has collected data for over sixteen years ...
Chandra X-ray Observatory has collected data for over sixteen years on thousands of different objects throughout the Universe.
