Recent discoveries and updates of the Chandra mission in video and audio formats.
Tour: Listen to the Universe: New NASA Sonifications and Documentary (02-28-2024)
Three new sonifications of images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have been released in conjunction with a new documentary about the project that makes its debut on the NASA+ streaming platform.
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Three new sonifications of images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have been released in conjunction with a new documentary about the project that makes its debut on the NASA+ streaming platform.
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-- Listen to the Universe: New NASA Sonifications and Documentary
Quick Look: Stellar Beads on a String (02-21-2024)
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling "beads on a string."
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-- Black Hole Fashions Stellar Beads on a String
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling "beads on a string."
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-- Black Hole Fashions Stellar Beads on a String
Tour: Stellar Beads on a String (02-21-2024)
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling "beads on a string."
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-- Black Hole Fashions Stellar Beads on a String
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling "beads on a string."
- Download Video (273.2 MB, Runtime: 2:52)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
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-- Black Hole Fashions Stellar Beads on a String
Quick Look: Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick (02-08-2024)
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that looks like an American football.
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-- Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that looks like an American football.
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-- Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
Tour: Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick (02-08-2024)
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that looks like an American football.
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-- Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that looks like an American football.
- Download Video (200.5 MB, Runtime: 2:52)
- With closed-captions (at YouTube)
- Listen to Audio Only
- Transcript
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-- Telescopes Show the Milky Way's Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
Revised: December 28, 2022