The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

Latest Episodes:

A Tour of NGC 3079 Superbubbles Feb 28, 2019

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The galaxy NGC 3079, located about 67 million light years from Earth, contains two /"superbubbles/" unlike anything here on our planet.

A Tour of Where is the Universe Hiding its Missing Mass? Feb 14, 2019

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Astronomers have used Chandra to possibly identify the location of a third of the normal matter in the Universe created in the first billion years or so after the Big Bang.

A Tour of the Dark Energy Quasar Survey Jan 29, 2019

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Dark energy, a proposed force or energy that permeates all space and accelerates the Universe's expansion, may vary over time.

A Tour of Cygnus A Jan 10, 2019

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A ricocheting jet blasting from a giant black hole has been captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

A Tour of ASASSN14-li Jan 09, 2019

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A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth.

A Tour of Archival Images Dec 17, 2018

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A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.

A Tour of Abell 1033 Nov 15, 2018

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Hidden in a distant galaxy cluster collision are wisps of gas resembling the starship Enterprise, an iconic spaceship from the "Star Trek" franchise.

A Tour of Kes 75 Oct 18, 2018

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Scientists have confirmed the identity of the youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way galaxy. This result could provide astronomers new information about how some stars end their lives.

A Tour of GRB 150101B Oct 16, 2018

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A distant cosmic relative to the first source that astronomers detected in both gravitational waves and light may have been discovered.

A Tour of Abell 2142 Sep 27, 2018

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Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to make heads and tails of a fascinating galactic system.