Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Quick Look: Stellar Beads on a String
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling "beads on a string."
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-- Black Hole Fashions Stellar Beads on a String
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling "beads on a string."
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-- Black Hole Fashions Stellar Beads on a String
Quick Look: Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that looks like an American football.
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-- Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that looks like an American football.
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-- Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
Quick Look: Astronomers Find Spark of Star Birth Across Billions of Years
These four images represent a sample of galaxy clusters that are part of the largest and most complete study to learn what triggers stars to form in the universe's biggest galaxies.
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-- Astronomers Find Spark of Star Birth Across Billions of Years
These four images represent a sample of galaxy clusters that are part of the largest and most complete study to learn what triggers stars to form in the universe's biggest galaxies.
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-- Astronomers Find Spark of Star Birth Across Billions of Years
Quick Look: NASA Telescopes Chase Down "Green Monster" in Star's Debris
For the first time scientists have combined the powers of NASA's Chandra & Webb Space Telescopes to study the famous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, helping to solve the mystery behind the remnant's "Green Monster".
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-- Cassiopeia A: NASA Telescopes Chase Down "Green Monster" in Star's Debris
For the first time scientists have combined the powers of NASA's Chandra & Webb Space Telescopes to study the famous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, helping to solve the mystery behind the remnant's "Green Monster".
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-- Cassiopeia A: NASA Telescopes Chase Down "Green Monster" in Star's Debris
Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Catches Spider Pulsars Destroying Nearby Stars
A group of dead stars known as "spider pulsars" are obliterating companion stars within their reach.
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A group of dead stars known as "spider pulsars" are obliterating companion stars within their reach.
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-- NASA's Chandra Catches Spider Pulsars Destroying Nearby Stars