Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, a flagship mission for X-ray astronomy, is a telescope specially designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. This podcast updates about the recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
2w ago
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 ..read more
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
4M ago
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 ..read more
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
4M ago
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 ..read more
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
4M ago
A group of dead stars known as "spider pulsars" are obliterating companion stars within their reach ..read more
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
5M ago
Astronomers found the most distant black hole ever detected in X-rays using the Chandra and Webb telescopes ..read more
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
7M ago
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 ..read more
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
7M ago
A new collection of stunning images highlights data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes ..read more
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
7M ago
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton, and other telescopes have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a large star and strewn its contents into space ..read more
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
10M ago
Three new 'sonifications' of NASA data have been released: R Aquarii, Stephan’s Quintet, and M10 ..read more
Chandra: The Beautiful Universe
10M ago
The NGC 4839 group of galaxies is plunging into the Coma galaxy cluster and leaving behind an extraordinary tail of superheated gas ..read more