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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On 7/7/22, a Chandra article entitled “3D Astronomy: No 3D Printer? No Problem” was released in the NASA STEM Newsletter. This activity from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Universe of Learning teams show educators, students, parents, and caregivers how to make your …
On June 12, 2022, the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center community relations team set up exhibits at Huntsville’s new Orion Amphitheater during Neil deGrasse Tyson’s (astrophysicist and planetary scientist) presentation. Over 3,000 members of the general public and local science …
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A Chandra issued image, “Huge Rings Around a Black Hole”, was featured as NASA’s Image of the Day on 6/2/22. This image features a spectacular set of rings around a black hole, captured using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels …
The NASA Science Mission Directorate conducts comparative reviews of operating missions within each division to maximize the scientific return from these missions within finite resources. NASA uses the findings from the Senior Reviews to define an implementation strategy and give …
