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Chandra Captures Galaxy Sparkling in X-rays
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- 4 comments
- 49 favorites
- 87,543 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: whirlpoolgalaxy, m51, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, xray, optical, astronomy, binarysystem, spiralgalaxy, galaxy
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Hot Gas in Galactic Center: Chandra Turns Up the Heat in the Milky Way Center (A 130 light year region of the center of the Milky Way: Located about 26,000 light years from Earth, the region contains a supermassive black hole, hot gas, and thousands of X-
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- 1 comment
- 45 favorites
- 59,289 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:08
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, hotgasingalacticcenter, chandra, stars, red, blue, xray, nasa, milkyway, astronomy, galaxy, space, solarsystem, star, universe, supernova, color, colorful, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Our Neighboring Superstars
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- 1 comment
- 30 favorites
- 59,213 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: etacarinae, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, starsystem, galaxy, supernova, astronomy
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates 15th Anniversary
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- 41 favorites
- 58,725 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: tycho, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, supernova, supernovaremnant, xray, astronomy
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NASA X-ray Telescopes Find Black Hole May Be a Neutrino Factory
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- 1 comment
- 33 favorites
- 58,610 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: sagittariusa, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, supermassiveblackhole, blackhole, milkyway, xray, astronomy
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A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand
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- 43 comments
- 152 favorites
- 58,349 views
- Date uploaded: 2009-04-08
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomy, stars, pulsar, space, outerspace, chandratelescope, пульсар, чандра, космос, астрономия, звёзды, туманности, nebula, nasa, xrayastronomy, astrophysics, orange, blue, solarsystem, lights, yellow, green, black, galaxy, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Dark Matter is Darker Than Once Thought
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- 15 favorites
- 54,034 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: macsj041612403, macsj015252852, macsj071753745, abell370, abell2744, zwcl135862, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, xray, optical, galaxycluster, darkmatter, astronomy
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SN 1006: The Hot Remains of a 1000 Year-Old Supernova (A supernova remnant about 7,000 light years from Earth.)
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- 6 comments
- 36 favorites
- 53,540 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:35:19
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, sn1006, supernova, astralphotography, chandra, red, star, stellar, gas, whitedwarf, xray, nasa, observatory, blur, 1006supernova, stardeath, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Mysterious X-ray Signal Intrigues Astronomers
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- 32 favorites
- 53,331 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: perseusa, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, galaxy, galaxycluster, xmmnewton, xray, astronomy
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Dark Matter is Darker Than Once Thought
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- 1 comment
- 21 favorites
- 50,602 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: macsj04161–2403, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, xray, optical, galaxycluster, darkmatter, astronomy
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Dark Matter is Darker Than Once Thought
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- 13 favorites
- 50,432 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: abell2744, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, xray, optical, galaxycluster, darkmatter, astronomy
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates 15th Anniversary
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- 1 comment
- 37 favorites
- 49,525 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: crabnebula, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, supernova, supernovaremnant, astronomy
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Dark Matter is Darker Than Once Thought
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- 0 comments
- 9 favorites
- 49,092 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: macsj015252852, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, xray, optical, galaxycluster, darkmatter, astronomy
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Dark Matter is Darker Than Once Thought
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- 14 favorites
- 49,029 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: abell370, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, xray, optical, galaxycluster, darkmatter, astronomy
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Galactic Get-Together has Impressive Light Display
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- 1 comment
- 59 favorites
- 48,045 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: ngc2207, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, ulx, galaxy, xray, spitzer, optical, infrared, astronomy, ttttt
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Chandra's Archives Come to Life
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- 29 favorites
- 47,382 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: psrb150958, pareidolia, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, neutronstar, hand, wise
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A New Look at an Old Friend
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- 29 favorites
- 46,464 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: centaurusa, galaxy, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, supermassiveblackhole, blackhole
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NASA's Chandra Delivers New Insight into Formation of Star Clusters
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- 17 favorites
- 46,443 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: flamenebula, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, star, starcluster, spitzer, xray, infrared, astronomy
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Exploded Star Blooms Like a Cosmic Flower
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- 32 favorites
- 45,244 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: g299229, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, xray, supernova, type1a, supernovaremnant, astronomy, explodingstar
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White Dwarf May Have Shredded Passing Planet
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- 27 favorites
- 45,116 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: ngc6388, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, xray, optical, whitedwarf, star, galaxycluster, astronomy
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates 15th Anniversary
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- 14 favorites
- 44,498 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: 3c58, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, anniversary, supernova, supernovaremnant
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates 15th Anniversary
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- 21 favorites
- 44,345 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: g292018, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, supernova, supernovaremnant, astronomy, xray
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NASA's Chandra Observatory Searches for Trigger of Nearby Supernova
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- 14 favorites
- 43,990 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: m82sn2014j, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, supernova, type1a, astronomy, xray
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Monster "El Gordo" Galaxy Cluster is Bigger than Thought
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- 16 favorites
- 43,784 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: actj01024915, elgordo, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, galaxy, hubble, galaxycluster, astronomy
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Kepler's Supernova Remnant: A Star's Death Comes to Life
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- 5 comments
- 45 favorites
- 43,528 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:31:29
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, keplerssupernovaremnant, chandratelescope, chandra, gordianknot, supernova, space, stars, keplersupernova, chandraxray, galaxy, ejecta, nasa, starformationsupernovalightspa, nebula, star, cluster, universe, constellation, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Dark Matter is Darker Than Once Thought
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- 0 comments
- 8 favorites
- 42,596 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: macsj071753745, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, xray, optical, galaxycluster, darkmatter, astronomy
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Life Is Too Fast, Too Furious for This Runaway Galaxy
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- 21 favorites
- 41,759 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: eso137001, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, esa, astronomy
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Dark Matter is Darker Than Once Thought
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- 7 favorites
- 41,566 views
- Date uploaded: 2015-06-22
- Tags: zwcl135862, nasa, chandra, chandraxrayobservatory, hubble, xray, optical, galaxycluster, darkmatter, astronomy
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NGC 4649: A New Way To Weigh Giant Black Hole (An elliptical galaxy about 51 million light years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.)
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- 2 comments
- 38 favorites
- 39,712 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:33:53
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc4649, chandra, galaxy, celestial, purple, pink, nasa, blue, supermassiveblackhole, deepspace, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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A nearby galaxy cluster about 65 million light years from Earth.
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- 2 comments
- 28 favorites
- 38,986 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:50
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, fornaxcluster, galaxy, nasa, chandra, heavens, stars, light, bright, timeandspace, blue, colorphotographofspace, space, satelliteimages, nightsky, universe, espaciosideral, univers, galaxiesfalling, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Rosette Nebula: Scientists Find X Rays from Stellar Winds That May Play Significant Role in Galactic Evolution (A star-forming region 5,000 light years away in the constellation Monoceros.)
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- 2 comments
- 44 favorites
- 38,129 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:33
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, rosettenebula, chandra, astronomy, stars, space, nasa, nebula, light, orbs, dots, red, purple, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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NGC 3576: Massive Stars Revealed by Chandra
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- 5 comments
- 46 favorites
- 38,023 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:33:42
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc3576, chandra, xea, gascloud, stars, nebula, nasa, xraytelescope, galaxy, space, gas, telescope, star, sky, explosion, bursts, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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The remains of a massive star that exploded, perhaps being witnessed by Chinese astronomers in 386 A.D.
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- 2 comments
- 23 favorites
- 34,823 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:56
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, g11203, supernova, chandra, nasa, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, massivestar, 386ad, cloud, universe, space, stars, colorful, galaxy, nova, starcluster, cosmos, trippyspacephoto, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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Saturn (The 6th planet from the Sun, as seen at a distance of 890 million miles from Earth.)
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- 12 favorites
- 33,600 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:33:38
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, saturn, chandra, 6thplanet, wireframe, xradiation, xrayobservatory, nasa, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, sphere, pixeley, whitelines, blo, planet, rings, multicolored, drawing, solarsystem, ringsofsaturn, saturnxray, xrayspaceimages
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Barbara Kegerreis Lunde (b. 1937)
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- 5 favorites
- 31,354 views
- Date taken: 2009-09-23 11:48:18
- Date uploaded: 2013-03-18
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, womenshistorymonth2013, three, engineers, men, woman, nasa, office, aerospace, goddard, 1964, 1960s, sixties
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A large galaxy in the center of a cluster of galaxies located in the constellation Bostes.
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- 6 favorites
- 17,163 views
- Date taken: 2008-09-30 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, 3c295, bostes, chandratelescope, chandra, red, space, astrophotography, falsecolor, galaxy, nasa, xrayobservatoryart, xraytel, stars, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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3C58: A supernova remnant 10,000 light years from Earth.
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- 1 comment
- 1 favorite
- 13,942 views
- Date taken: 2008-10-08 18:32:40
- Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
- Tags: smithsonianinstitution, 3c58, supernovaremnant, chandratelescope, crabpulsar, neutronstar, pulsar, chandra, spaceshuttle, nasa, space, stars, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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