Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Tour: Chandra Rewinds Story of Great Eruption of the 1840s (09-26-2023)
Using snapshots taken over 20 years with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have learned important new details about an eruption from Eta Carinae witnessed on Earth in the mid-19th century.
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Using snapshots taken over 20 years with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have learned important new details about an eruption from Eta Carinae witnessed on Earth in the mid-19th century.
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Quick Look: The Enduring Stellar Lifecycle in 30 Doradus (01-09-2023)
The "Tarantula Nebula" (officially known as 30 Doradus) is available in a composite image of Chandra and JWST data for the first time.
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The "Tarantula Nebula" (officially known as 30 Doradus) is available in a composite image of Chandra and JWST data for the first time.
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Tour: Chandra Sees Stellar X-rays Exceeding Safety Limits (12-15-2022)
A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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-- Chandra Sees Stellar X-rays Exceeding Safety Limits
A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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Quick Look: Chandra Sees Stellar X-rays Exceeding Safety Limits (12-15-2022)
A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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-- Chandra Sees Stellar X-rays Exceeding Safety Limits
A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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Quick Look: Astronomers See Stellar Self-Control in Action (11-29-2022)
A study of RCW 36 shows that stars in a cluster can limit how many new stars form when the biggest and brightest members expel most of the gas from the system, thus drastically slowing down star birth.
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-- Astronomers See Stellar Self-Control in Action
A study of RCW 36 shows that stars in a cluster can limit how many new stars form when the biggest and brightest members expel most of the gas from the system, thus drastically slowing down star birth.
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Revised: November 03, 2022
