The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

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30 Doradus in 60 Seconds Apr 17, 2009

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Chandra's X-ray image of the Tarantula Nebula gives scientists a close-up view of the drama of star formation and star evolution.

PSR B1509-58 in 60 Seconds Apr 03, 2009

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A small dense object is responsible for the remarkably complex and intriguing structures seen in this image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

NGC 604 in 60 Seconds Mar 23, 2009

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NGC 604 is a divided neighborhood in the galaxy M33, where some 200 hot, young massive stars reside.

Crab Nebula in 60 Seconds Mar 05, 2009

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The Crab Nebula is one of the best-known images ever taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

M101 in 60 Seconds Feb 10, 2009

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This image of the spiral galaxy Messier 101 is a composite of observations from NASA's three Great Observatories.

Abell 85 in 60 Seconds Jan 23, 2009

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The composite image shows the galaxy cluster known as Abell 85, which is located about 740 million light years from Earth.

3-D Fly-Through of Cassiopeia A Jan 08, 2009

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For the first time, a multiwavelength three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of a supernova remnant has been created.

G292.01+8 in 60 Seconds Dec 22, 2008

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This image shows how complex a star's afterlife can be.

M84 in 60 Seconds Dec 12, 2008

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M84 is a massive elliptical galaxy located about 55 million light years from Earth in the Virgo Cluster.

M87 in 60 Seconds Nov 25, 2008

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M87 is a giant elliptical galaxy. At a distance of about 60 million light-years from Earth, M87 is the largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of some 2,000 galaxies.

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