Chandra celebrated it’s 23rd Anniversary on July 23, 2022 – It’s golden birthday! Chandra’s initial goal was five years in orbit and after 23 years it is still providing ground breaking and exciting science. This is a remarkable achievement. Congratulations …
The most recent Chandra image release, “Zeta Ophiuchi: A Star With a Complicated Past” was issued on 7/25/22, and featured as NASA’s “Image of the Day” on 7/29/22. Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from …
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On 7/18/22, a Chandra Public Outreach activity titled “3D Astronomy: No 3D Printer? No Problem” was featured on NASA STEM’s Twitter and Facebook accounts. The Twitter account has over 386K followers and Facebook is followed by over 100K. For more …
A 2007 composite image titled “A Supernova’s Shockwaves”, from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, was featured on 7/19/22 as NASA’s “Image of the Day”. Supernovas are the explosive deaths of the universe’s most massive stars. In death, …
The Chandra X-ray Center (CXC) conducted a virtual peer review in the last weeks of June of proposals submitted for the twenty-fourth cycle of general observations with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Observing proposals were reviewed by topical review panels. A …
Chandra’s latest discovery titled “Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers” was included in the 7/13/22 edition of the Marshall Star. For more information visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/about/star/star220713.html#three.
Chandra issued a press/image release on 6/30/22, “Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers”. Astronomers have gauged how fast a supermassive black hole is spinning inside a quasar 3.4 billion light years away. Using Chandra data, they …
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Chandra issued an image and press release, “G292.0+1.8: NASA’s Chandra Catches Pulsar in X-ray Speed Trap”, on June 15, 2022. A pulsar is racing through the debris of an exploded star at a speed over a million miles per hour.To …
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On 7/6/22 the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center community relations team set up exhibits, including a new Chandra exhibit, at the Rocket City Trash Panda’s minor league baseball game. Over 2500 spectators attended the game with several hundred stopping by …
Chandra’s discovery titled “Colossal Collisions Linked to Solar System Science” was featured in the 6/22/22 edition of the Marshall Star. For more information visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/about/star/star220622.html#six Antoher Chandra discovery titled “NASA’s Chandra Catches Pulsar in X-ray Speed Trap” was featured in the …
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