The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

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A Tour of Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 Sep 06, 2018

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Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from Earth.

A Tour of COSMOS Legacy Survey Aug 09, 2018

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These Chandra data have provided strong evidence for the existence of so-called intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs).

A Tour of RW Aur A Jul 18, 2018

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Chandra data indicates that a young star has likely destroyed and consumed an infant planet.

A Tour of Mrk 1216 Jun 21, 2018

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Astronomers using Chandra found that black holes may have squelched star formation in small, yet massive galaxies known as "red nuggets".

A Tour of Alpha Centauri Jun 06, 2018

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A new study of Alpha Centauri indicates that any planets orbiting the two brightest stars are likely not being pummeled by large amounts of X-ray radiation from their host stars.

A Tour of GW170817 May 31, 2018

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A new study using Chandra data of GW170817 indicates that the event that produced gravitational waves likely created the lowest mass black hole known.

A Tour of E0102 May 23, 2018

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Astronomers have discovered a special kind of neutron star for the first time outside of the Milky Way galaxy.

A Tour of the Sagittarius A* Black Hole Swarm May 09, 2018

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Astronomers have discovered evidence for thousands of black holes located near the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

A Tour of NGC 6231 May 02, 2018

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By studying young clusters, astronomers hope to learn more about how stars-- including our Sun--are born

A Tour of the Cold Front in the Perseus Cluster Apr 03, 2018

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A gigantic and resilient "cold front" hurtling through the Perseus galaxy cluster has been studied using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.