The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

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Tour: NASA's Chandra, Hubble Tune Into 'Flame-Throwing' Guitar Nebula Nov 20, 2024

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Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a "flame-throwing guitar" has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA's Chandra and Hubble.

Tour: Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster Oct 28, 2024

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Astronomers used Chandra, in combination with ultraviolet, optical and infrared data, to show where some of the most treacherous places in a star cluster may be, where planets' chances to form are diminished.

Tour: Black Hole Destroys Star and Goes After Another Oct 09, 2024

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A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole that used to be in the clear.

Tour: NASA's Chandra Finds Galaxy Cluster That Crosses the Streams Sep 19, 2024

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A galaxy has streams of superheated gas crossing one another. This result shows that "crossing the streams" does not necessarily end in disaster. In fact, it may lead to the creation of new structures.

Tour: New NASA Sonifications Listen to the Universe's Past Aug 26, 2024

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Sonifications of three images have been released to mark the 25th anniversary of Chandra's "First Light" image.

Tour: NASA Telescopes Work Out Black Hole's Snack Schedule Aug 14, 2024

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A team of researchers have made important headway in understanding how — and when — a supermassive black hole obtains and then consumes material.

Tour: 25 Images to Celebrate Chandra's 25th Anniversary Jul 22, 2024

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its launch, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is releasing 25 never-before-seen views of a wide range of cosmic objects.

Tour: Take a Summer Road Trip Through Images with NASA's Chandra, Webb Jul 11, 2024

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It's time to take a cosmic road trip using light as the highway and visit four stunning destinations across space. The vehicles for this space get-away are NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope.

Tour: NASA's Chandra Peers Into Densest and Weirdest Stars Jun 20, 2024

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A new study using NASA's Chandra and ESA's XMM-Newton reveals that the interiors of neutron stars may contain a type of ultra-dense matter not found anywhere else in the Universe.

Tour: Coming in Hot: NASA's Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets Jun 12, 2024

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A study with Chandra and XMM-Newton indicates which stars near our Sun could have habitable exoplanets around them based on whether they receive lethal radiation from the stars they orbit.