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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Quick Look at a Positive Feedback Black Hole (11-26-2019)
Astronomers have uncovered a black hole that may have sparked the birth of stars over a phenomenal distance of more than a million light years and across multiple galaxies.
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-- Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light Years Away
Astronomers have uncovered a black hole that may have sparked the birth of stars over a phenomenal distance of more than a million light years and across multiple galaxies.
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-- Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light Years Away
A Quick Look at the Phoenix Cluster (11-18-2019)
Scientists have found stars forming at a furious rate in the Phoenix galaxy cluster. The supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy clusters usually stifles star formation, but the one in Phoenix is not.
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-- Phoenix Cluster: A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
Scientists have found stars forming at a furious rate in the Phoenix galaxy cluster. The supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy clusters usually stifles star formation, but the one in Phoenix is not.
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-- Phoenix Cluster: A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
A Quick Look at Chandra's Archive Collection (10-30-2019)
A new collection of images is being released to recognize Archive month, which is celebrated every October in the US.
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-- Chandra Archive Collection: Combing Through the "X-ray Files"
A new collection of images is being released to recognize Archive month, which is celebrated every October in the US.
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-- Chandra Archive Collection: Combing Through the "X-ray Files"
A Quick Look at a Collision Between Four Galaxy Clusters in Abell 1758 (10-24-2019)
When two pairs of galaxy clusters collide, the result is not four separate objects, but one giant galaxy cluster.
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-- Chandra Spots a Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making
When two pairs of galaxy clusters collide, the result is not four separate objects, but one giant galaxy cluster.
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-- Chandra Spots a Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making
A Quick Look Tycho's Supernova Remnant (10-17-2019)
A new image of the Tycho supernova remnant from Chandra reveals an intriguing pattern of bright clumps and fainter holes giving clues about its origin.
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-- The Clumpy and Lumpy Death of a Star
A new image of the Tycho supernova remnant from Chandra reveals an intriguing pattern of bright clumps and fainter holes giving clues about its origin.
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-- The Clumpy and Lumpy Death of a Star
A Quick Look at Triplet Black Holes (09-25-2019)
A study using data from Chandra and other telescopes provides the strongest evidence yet for three supermassive black holes on a collision course.
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-- Found: Three Black Holes On Collision Course
A study using data from Chandra and other telescopes provides the strongest evidence yet for three supermassive black holes on a collision course.
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-- Found: Three Black Holes On Collision Course
A Quick Look at PSO167-13 (08-08-2019)
Found at a time only about 850 million years after the Big Bang, this black hole could help us better understand an important epoch in the history of the Universe.
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-- Cloaked Black Hole Discovered in Early Universe using NASA's Chandra
Found at a time only about 850 million years after the Big Bang, this black hole could help us better understand an important epoch in the history of the Universe.
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-- Cloaked Black Hole Discovered in Early Universe using NASA's Chandra
A Quick Look at Chandra Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary (07-23-2019)
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, an assembly of new images has been released.
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-- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, an assembly of new images has been released.
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-- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
A Quick Look at Lensed Quasars (07-03-2019)
Astronomers have deployed a new technique to measure the spin of five supermassive black holes.
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-- X-rays Spot Spinning Black Holes Across Cosmic Sea
Astronomers have deployed a new technique to measure the spin of five supermassive black holes.
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-- X-rays Spot Spinning Black Holes Across Cosmic Sea
A Quick Look at the Coma Cluster (06-18-2019)
Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey? Researchers used a deep Chandra dataset to study how the hot gas in the cluster behaves.
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-- Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey?
Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey? Researchers used a deep Chandra dataset to study how the hot gas in the cluster behaves.
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-- Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey?
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Revised: November 06, 2024
