Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
A Tour of Black Hole Growth in Chandra Deep Field South (02-15-2018)
Two groups of scientists, using data from Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, have found evidence that the growth of the biggest black holes in the Universe is outrunning the rate of formation of stars in the galaxies they inhabit.
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-- Supermassive Black Holes Are Outgrowing Their Galaxies
Two groups of scientists, using data from Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, have found evidence that the growth of the biggest black holes in the Universe is outrunning the rate of formation of stars in the galaxies they inhabit.
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-- Supermassive Black Holes Are Outgrowing Their Galaxies
A Tour of the Perseus Cluster (12-19-2017)
An innovative interpretation of X-ray data from a galaxy cluster could help scientists understand the nature of dark matter.
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-- Perseus Cluster: A New Twist in the Dark Matter Tale
An innovative interpretation of X-ray data from a galaxy cluster could help scientists understand the nature of dark matter.
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-- Perseus Cluster: A New Twist in the Dark Matter Tale
A Quick Look at the Perseus Cluster (12-19-2017)
An innovative interpretation of X-ray data from a galaxy cluster could help scientists understand the nature of dark matter.
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-- Perseus Cluster: A New Twist in the Dark Matter Tale
An innovative interpretation of X-ray data from a galaxy cluster could help scientists understand the nature of dark matter.
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-- Perseus Cluster: A New Twist in the Dark Matter Tale
A Tour of Faint Active Nuclei in Chandra Deep Field South (06-02-2017)
Astronomers have determined the Big Bang occurred about 13.8 billion years ago and have evidence from the SDSS that supermassive black holes with masses of about a billion times that of the sun existed by about 12.8 billion years ago.
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-- Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and Spurts
-- 'A Quick Look' version of this podcast
Astronomers have determined the Big Bang occurred about 13.8 billion years ago and have evidence from the SDSS that supermassive black holes with masses of about a billion times that of the sun existed by about 12.8 billion years ago.
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-- Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and Spurts
-- 'A Quick Look' version of this podcast
A Tour of CDF-S Transient XT1 (03-30-2017)
Scientists have discovered a mysterious flash of X-rays using Chandra X-ray Observatory, in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained.
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-- CDF-S Transient: Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
Scientists have discovered a mysterious flash of X-rays using Chandra X-ray Observatory, in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained.
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-- CDF-S Transient: Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
Revised: November 03, 2022
