Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Tour : Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick (11-11-2021)
New data suggest a white dwarf is blasting a companion object, either a low-mass star or planet, with waves of heat and radiation while pulling it apart through gravitational force.
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-- KPD 0005+5106: Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick
New data suggest a white dwarf is blasting a companion object, either a low-mass star or planet, with waves of heat and radiation while pulling it apart through gravitational force.
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-- KPD 0005+5106: Roasted and Shredded by a Stellar Sidekick
Tour: Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy (10-25-2021)
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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-- Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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Quick Look: Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy (10-25-2021)
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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-- Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy
Astronomers have found evidence for a possible planet candidate in the M51 ("Whirlpool") galaxy, representing what could be the first planet detected outside of the Milky Way.
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-- Chandra Sees Evidence for Possible Planet in Another Galaxy
Quick Look: When a Stable Star Explodes (10-12-2021)
Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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Tour: When a Stable Star Explodes (10-12-2021)
Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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-- When a Stable Star Explodes
Studies of the elements left behind by explosions like this are some of the best tools available to scientists to better understand the details of Type Ia supernovas.
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-- When a Stable Star Explodes
Revised: December 28, 2022