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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Quick Look: NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site (03-10-2026)
A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas.
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A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas.
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Quick Look: Listen to This Month's "Planetary Parade" with NASA's Chandra (02-25-2026)
To commemorate a six-planet alignment in late February 2026, Chandra released sonifications of three of those planets: Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus.
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To commemorate a six-planet alignment in late February 2026, Chandra released sonifications of three of those planets: Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus.
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Quick Look: Young "Sun" Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA's Chandra (02-23-2026)
This image contains the first "astrosphere," or wind-blown bubble, that astronomers have captured surrounding a star that is a younger version of our Sun.
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This image contains the first "astrosphere," or wind-blown bubble, that astronomers have captured surrounding a star that is a younger version of our Sun.
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Quick Look: NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe (01-28-2026)
A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster started to assemble only about a billion years after the big bang, one or two billion years earlier than previously thought.
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A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster started to assemble only about a billion years after the big bang, one or two billion years earlier than previously thought.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings (01-23-2026)
Like a recording artist who has had a long career, Chandra has a "back catalog" of cosmic recordings that is impossible to replicate. To access these X-ray tracks, or observations, the ultimate compendium has been developed: the Chandra Source Catalog (CSC).
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-- NASA's Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings
Like a recording artist who has had a long career, Chandra has a "back catalog" of cosmic recordings that is impossible to replicate. To access these X-ray tracks, or observations, the ultimate compendium has been developed: the Chandra Source Catalog (CSC).
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Quick Look: Supernova Remnant Video From NASA's Chandra Is Decades in Making (01-06-2026)
A new video shows the evolution of Kepler's Supernova Remnant using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades.
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A new video shows the evolution of Kepler's Supernova Remnant using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades.
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Quick Look: NASA's Chandra Rings in New Year With Champagne Cluster (12-30-2025)
Celebrate the New Year with the "Champagne Cluster," a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes.
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Celebrate the New Year with the "Champagne Cluster," a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes.
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Quick Look: Cosmic Holiday Greetings From NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (12-22-2025)
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is sending out a holiday card with four new images of cosmic wonders. Each of the quartet of objects evokes the winter season or one of its celebratory days either in its name or shape.
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is sending out a holiday card with four new images of cosmic wonders. Each of the quartet of objects evokes the winter season or one of its celebratory days either in its name or shape.
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Quick Look: Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics) (12-09-2025)
A new image-processing technique called "X-arithmetic" is allowing astronomers to analyze Chandra's X-ray data and identify features in the gas of galaxy clusters and groups like never before.
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-- Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics)
A new image-processing technique called "X-arithmetic" is allowing astronomers to analyze Chandra's X-ray data and identify features in the gas of galaxy clusters and groups like never before.
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Quick Look: Before Fall Leaves, See Seasonal Offerings from NASA's Chandra (11-24-2025)
Before fall gives way to winter in the northern hemisphere, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has several images that celebrate autumn and its many delights to share.
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-- Before Fall Leaves, See Seasonal Offerings from NASA's Chandra
Before fall gives way to winter in the northern hemisphere, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has several images that celebrate autumn and its many delights to share.
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