Chandra :: Chronicles

An overview of the Chandra mission and goals, Chandra's namesake, top 10 facts.

Classroom activities, printable materials, interactive games & more.

Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray sources: black holes to galaxy clusters.

All Chandra images released to the public listed by date & by category

Current Chandra press releases, status reports, interviews & biographies.

A collection of multimedia, illustrations & animations, a glossary, FAQ & more.

A collection of illustrations, animations and video.

Chandra discoveries in an audio/video format.

Chandra in 2012: A Teenager in Space

In July of 2012, Chandra completed its 13th year of operation, making it a teenager. That is young in human terms, but it is getting up there for an automobile, and could be considered a "senior citizen" for a spacecraft of Chandra's complexity.

How many computers do you have that are 13 years old? Chandra's magnificent sister NASA flagship observatory, Hubble, is older, at 22, but astronauts have paid 4 house calls to make major upgrades over the years. Full Story

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes an observation of GRB 130502B, which was accepted as a Target of Opportunity on May 7, and a follow-up observation of a new magnetar, which was accepted as a Target of Opportunity on Apr 26. [more]

A Hidden Population of Exotic Neutron Stars
[22 May 13]
This graphic shows an exotic object in our galaxy called SGR 0418+5729 (SGR 0418 for short). As described in our press release, SGR 0418 is a magnetar,...
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SGR 0418+5729 [05/23/2013]
A magnetar located in our galaxy, about 6,500 light years from Earth.

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Cepheus B: A cloud of molecular hydrogen in the Milky Way about 2,400 light years from Earth. Download Desktop.

Look Back Time -- Remembering Franco
The finite speed of light means that we must always be out of date, no matter how hard we strive to keep up with the times. The term look-back time refers to the time in the past when the light we now observe from a distant object was emitted. Full Story.

An Interview with Rashid Sunyaev
Few areas of cosmology and high-energy astrophysics have not been influenced by the work of Rashid Sunyaev, one of the most distinguished and highly respected scientists in these fields. One outstanding contribution has been the prediction of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect, named after Sunyaev and his Russian mentor, Yakov Zeldovich. Full Story.

Changing the way we view the world
Thirty years of space shuttle flights came to an end on July 21, 2011 when Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down before dawn at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. "The space shuttle changed the way we view the world, the way we view the universe," Commander Chris Ferguson said soon after landing. Full Story.

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Dec 14 Chandra in 2012: A Teenager in Space

Oct 24 Look Back Time -- Remembering Franco

Aug 15 An Interview with Rashid Sunyaev

Apr 12 An Interview with Will Dawson

Nov 3 Changing the way we view the world

May 20 Chandra: Promises Made and Kept

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An overview of the Chandra mission and goals, Chandra's namesake, top 10 facts.

Classroom activities, printable materials, interactive games & more.

Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray sources: black holes to galaxy clusters.

All Chandra images released to the public listed by date & by category

Current Chandra press releases, status reports, interviews & biographies.

A collection of multimedia, illustrations & animations, a glossary, FAQ & more.

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