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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Sgr A* in 60 Seconds
Over several years, astronomers have noticed flares in X-ray light ...
Over several years, astronomers have noticed flares in X-ray light from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
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G350.1-0.3 in 60 Seconds
G350.1+0.3 is a young and exceptionally bright supernova remnant located ...
G350.1+0.3 is a young and exceptionally bright supernova remnant located nearly 15,000 light years from Earth toward the center of the Milky Way.
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Ice Core Records: From Volcanoes to Supernovas
Researchers have been traveling for decades to some of the ...
Researchers have been traveling for decades to some of the coldest places on the planet to uncover some of the secrets from space that have been left behind on Earth.
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El Gordo (ACT J0102-4915) in 60 Seconds
Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes ...
Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes have discovered an extraordinary galaxy cluster some 7.2 billion light years from Earth.
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SXP 1062 in 60 Seconds
The Milky Way galaxy has several small satellite galaxies very ...
The Milky Way galaxy has several small satellite galaxies very close to it. One of them is called the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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Abell 2052 in 60 Seconds
The galaxy cluster Abell 2052 is found some 480 million ...
The galaxy cluster Abell 2052 is found some 480 million light years from Earth. At the center of Abell 2052 is a giant elliptical galaxy, and within that is a supermassive black hole.
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Tarantula Nebula in 60 Seconds
30 Doradus is a place where stars are born literally. ...
30 Doradus is a place where stars are born literally. This region, which is also known as the Tarantula Nebula, is located about 160,000 light years from Earth.
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Cygnus X-1 in 60 Seconds
Over three decades ago, Stephen Hawking placed, and eventually lost, ...
Over three decades ago, Stephen Hawking placed, and eventually lost, a bet against the existence of a black hole in Cygnus X-1.
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RCW 86 in 60 Seconds
In 185 A.D., Chinese astronomers noted a "guest star" that ...
In 185 A.D., Chinese astronomers noted a "guest star" that mysteriously appeared in the sky and stayed for about 8 months.
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CID 1711 and CID 3083 in 60 Seconds
Astronomers have recently completed a large survey of the sky ...
Astronomers have recently completed a large survey of the sky using some of the powerful telescopes both on the ground and in space.
