The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

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Tour: Cassiopeia A Apr 21, 2021

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Astronomers have discovered an important type of titanium blasting out from the center of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, a result that could be a major advance in understanding how some massive stars explode.

Tour: M87 in Different Wavelengths of Light Apr 14, 2021

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In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be told.

Tour: Uranus Mar 31, 2021

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Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Tour: Data Sonification: Stellar, Galactic, and Black Hole Tones Mar 24, 2021

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As part of our ongoing data sonification series, three new images have now been released.

Tour: PJ352-15 Mar 09, 2021

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Astronomers may have found the most distant supermassive black hole with a jet detected in X-rays using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Tour: Supernova 1987A Pulsar Wind Nebula Feb 23, 2021

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Astronomers have found evidence for the existence of a neutron star at the center of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), which scientists have been seeking for over three decades.

Tour: Sagittarius A East Feb 08, 2021

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Astronomers have found evidence for an unusual type of supernova near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Tour: Triple Galaxy Mergers Jan 14, 2021

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When three galaxies collide, what happens to the central black holes growing at the cores of each?

Tour: Chandra Studies Extraordinary Magnetar Jan 08, 2021

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In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic stars, with the discovery of a magnetar.

Tour: On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole Dec 17, 2020

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Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh billions of times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.