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This episode will touch on some of the areas in which astronomers hope X-ray telescopes will push our knowledge forward in the years to come.
Medusa in 60 Seconds
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NGC 4194 is a galaxy that is found about 110 million light years from Earth.
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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 ...
37 Views 17:00:00 04/03/09
A small dense object is responsible for the remarkably complex and intriguing structures seen in this image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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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
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NGC 604 is a divided neighborhood in the galaxy M33, where some 200 hot, young massive stars reside.
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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
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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.
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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 ...
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For the first time, a multiwavelength three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of a supernova remnant has been created.
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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 Sec...
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This image shows how complex a star's afterlife can be.
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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
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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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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.
Abell 1689 in 60 Se...
34 Views 17:00:00 11/14/08
Abell 1689 is a massive cluster of galaxies located about 2.3 billion light-years away.
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The giant galaxy, Perseus A, which is also known as NGC 1275, is a well-known source of strong radio radiation.
How the Chandra X-ray Observatory fits into the modern astronomer's toolkit. Chandra is one of NASA's "Great Observatories". The Great Observatories were four missions selected by NASA to explore different types of radiation and really tackle the biggest questions in astronomy.