The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

Latest Episodes:

Tour: Data Sonification: A New Cosmic Triad of Sound Nov 30, 2020

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A new trio of examples of 'data sonification' from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects.

Tour: A Cosmic Amethyst in a Dying Star Nov 12, 2020

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Astronomers using Chandra have found a bubble of ultra-hot gas at the center of a planetary nebula in our galaxy called IC 4593.

Tour: Assessing The Habitability of Planets Around Old Red Dwarfs Oct 30, 2020

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A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope gives new insight into an important question: how habitable are planets that orbit the most common type of stars in the Galaxy?

Tour: Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Critical for GPS, Seen in Distant Stars Oct 22, 2020

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What do Albert Einstein, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and a pair of stars 200,000 trillion miles from Earth have in common?

Tour: The Recipe for Powerful Quasar Jets Oct 14, 2020

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Scientists have studied more than 700 quasars -- rapidly growing supermassive black holes -- to isolate the factors that determine why some of these black holes launch jets and others do not.

Tour: Data Sonification: Sounds from Around the Milky Way Sep 22, 2020

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By turning Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer images into sounds, a new project allows users to 'listen' to the center of the Milky Way and other objects.

Tour: NASA's Chandra Opens Treasure Trove of Cosmic Delights Sep 02, 2020

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Humanity has "eyes" that can detect all different types of light through telescopes around the globe and a fleet of observatories in space. From radio waves to gamma rays, this multiwavelength approach to astronomy is crucial to getting a complete understanding of objects in space.

Tour: Kepler's Supernova Remnant Aug 19, 2020

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A new sequence of Chandra images, taken over nearly a decade and a half, captures motion in Kepler's supernova remnant.

Tour: Black Hole Fails to Do Its Job Aug 03, 2020

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Astronomers have discovered what can happen when a giant black hole does not intervene in the life of a galaxy cluster.

A Tour of Cases of Black Hole Mistaken Identity Jul 15, 2020

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Astronomers have discovered one type of growing supermassive black hole masquerading as another.