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W28: A Mixed Bag
Credit: Chandra X-ray: NASA/CXC/HSC/J. Keohane et al; ROSAT X-ray: NASA/ROSAT; Optical: NOAO/CTIO/P.F. Winkler et al; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA/G. Dubner et al. JPEG (594 kb) Tiff (14.8 MB) PS … more »
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W28: A Mixed Bag
jtintle wrote 1 month ago: Credit: Chandra X-ray: NASA/CXC/HSC/J. Keohane et al; ROSAT X-ray: NASA/ROSAT; Optical: N … more »
Scientists Discover Milky Way's Youngest Supernova
hyakutake1957 wrote 2 months ago: The youngest known supernova in the Milky Way has been discovered by astronomers using the Very Larg … more »
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51): A Classic Beauty
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jtintle wrote 7 months ago: Credit: NASA/CXC/Wesleyan Univ./R.Kilgard et al; UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/ESA/S. Beckwi … more »
The Mystery Machine
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jtintle wrote 8 months ago: Credit: NASA/IoA/A.Fabian et al. Description: The Chandra X-ray Observatory is a devilishly cleve … more »
M33 X-7:Heaviest Stellar Black Hole Discovered in Nearby Galaxy
jtintle wrote 9 months ago: Credit: Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/P.Plucinsky et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI … more »
Eta Carinae: New View of Doomed Star
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jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Credit: X-ray:NASA/CXC/GSFC/M.Corcoran et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI Description: Eta Carinae is … more »
NASA's Chandra Sees Brightest Supernova Ever
jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Credit: Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/UC Berkeley/N.Smith et al.; IR: Lick/UC … more »
Kepler's Supernova Remnant: A Star's Death Comes to Life
jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Credit: NASA/CXC/NCSU/S.Reynolds et al. Description: Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, … more »
Saturn's Rings Sparkle in X-rays
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jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Description: UPPER: Recent image from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory telescope reveals X-ray emi … more »
Galactic Center Star Clusters
jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Credit: D. Wang (UMass) et al., CXC, NASA Explanation: If you had x-ray vision, the central re … more »
Arches, Quintuplet, and GC Star Clusters: Rough and Crowded Neighborhood at Galactic Center
jtintle wrote 2 years ago: Credit: NASA/CXC/UMass Amherst/Q.D.Wang et al. The center of the Milky Way is a crowded neigh … more »
Mira: The Wonderful Star
jtintle wrote 2 years ago: Credit: X-ray Image: M. Karovska (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) et al., CXC / NASA Illustration: M … more »
NASA's Chandra Answers Black Hole Paradox
jtintle wrote 2 years ago: . Credit: Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray Spectrum: NASA/CXC/U.Michigan/J.Mi … more »
J0617 in IC 443 Animations
jtintle wrote 2 years ago: Credit: Chandra X-ray: NASA/CXC/B.Gaensler et al; ROSAT X-ray: NASA/ROSAT/Asaoka & Aschenba … more »
J0617 in IC 443: The Case of the Neutron Star With a Wayward Wake
jtintle wrote 2 years ago: Credit: Chandra X-ray: NASA/CXC/B.Gaensler et al; ROSAT X-ray: NASA/ROSAT/Asaoka & Aschenba … more »
GRO J1655-40: Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole
jtintle wrote 2 years ago: Drawing Credit: A. Hobart, CXC Explanation: In the center of a swirling whirlpool of hot gas … more »
A, B, C, D, Electric Solar System
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jtintle wrote 2 years ago: Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO NASA investigators now recognize that Jupiter's auroras are electrical … more »
Planetary Nebulas - Fast Winds from Dying Stars
jtintle wrote 2 years ago: Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/RIT/J.Kastner et al.; Optical: BD +30 & Hen 3: NASA/STScI/Univ. MD … more »
Great Observatories Present Rainbow of a Galaxy
jtintle wrote 2 years ago: Target Name: M82 Galaxy Mission: Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Spitzer Space Tel … more »
