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Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Is the Sun Really a Giant Pokemon? (10-11-2016)
The Sun can create powerful storms capable of knocking out communication satellites and damaging electrical power systems on Earth.
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-- Is the Sun Really a Giant Pokémon?
The Sun can create powerful storms capable of knocking out communication satellites and damaging electrical power systems on Earth.
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-- Is the Sun Really a Giant Pokémon?

A Tour of XJ1417+52 (10-07-2016)
First discovered in observations from Chandra and XMM-Newton over a decade ago, this object has some interesting properties.
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-- X-ray Telescopes Find Evidence for Wandering Black Hole
First discovered in observations from Chandra and XMM-Newton over a decade ago, this object has some interesting properties.
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-- X-ray Telescopes Find Evidence for Wandering Black Hole

Tour of Pluto (09-16-2016)
During the summer of 2015, scientists and the public alike were treated to a flood of images and discoveries about Pluto as the New Horizon spacecraft made an unprecedented flyby of the dwarf planet.
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-- X-ray Detection Sheds New Light on Pluto
During the summer of 2015, scientists and the public alike were treated to a flood of images and discoveries about Pluto as the New Horizon spacecraft made an unprecedented flyby of the dwarf planet.
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-- X-ray Detection Sheds New Light on Pluto

Tour of RCW 103 (09-12-2016)
When stars have more than about 8 times as much mass as the Sun, they end their lives in a spectacular explosion called a supernova.
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-- Young Magnetar Likely the Slowest Pulsar Ever Detected
When stars have more than about 8 times as much mass as the Sun, they end their lives in a spectacular explosion called a supernova.
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-- Young Magnetar Likely the Slowest Pulsar Ever Detected

A Tour of CL J1001 (08-31-2016)
Galaxy clusters are incredibly important objects in the Universe since they are the largest objects in the Universe held together by gravity.
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-- Record-breaking Galaxy Cluster Discovered
Galaxy clusters are incredibly important objects in the Universe since they are the largest objects in the Universe held together by gravity.
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-- Record-breaking Galaxy Cluster Discovered
