Give that telescope a blanket |
Give that telescope a blanketOne of the most important tasks involved with having telescopes in space is keeping them at the correct and constant temperature. It's not just because telescopes like Cha...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Thu, 08 May 2008 09:05:00 PST |
Going Deep with Chandra - By Bret Lehmer |
Going Deep with Chandra - By Bret LehmerBret Lehmer is an astrophysicist who is currently studying the distant Universe from his vantage point at Durham University in the United Kingdom.-------One of ...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:55:00 PST |
NGC 6397 and NGC 6121: Oldest Known Objects May Be Surprisingly Immature |
NGC 6397 and NGC 6121: Oldest Known Objects May Be Surprisingly ImmatureCredit: NASA/CXC/Northwestern Univ/J.Fregauhese are Chandra X-ray Observatory images of the centers of two globular clusters, NG...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:49:00 PST |
Chandra Does Its Part For The Earth |
Chandra Does Its Part For The EarthBy: Megan Watze, CXC Submitted by chandra on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 14:50.When we talk about what Chandra observes, we're usually discussing things like black holes or ga...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:38:00 PST |
Milky Ways Giant Black Hole Awoke from Slumber 300 Years Ago |
CHANDRA'S LATEST PRESS RELEASEMilky Way's Giant Black Hole Awoke from Slumber 300 Years AgoGSFC ReleaseFor Release: April 16, 2008Image Credit: NASA/CXC/MIT/Frederick K. Baganoff et alUsing NASA, Japa...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:20:00 PST |
Where does the "X" in "X-ray" come from? |
Here's a piece of high-energy astrophysics trivia (you never know when you might need to know these things). Where does the "X" in "X-ray" come from?The answer is that a German physicist, Wilhelm Roen...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:54:00 PST |
DG Tau: Energetic Jets from a Budding Solar System |
DG Tau: Energetic Jets from a Budding Solar SystemCredit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/ETH Zuerich/M.Guedel et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.WeissThe image on the left from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory s...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:34:00 PST |
The Zen of Astrophysics |
The Zen of AstrophysicsBy: Dave PooleySpeaking in broad generalities, there are two main classes of physicist: those who generate new hypotheses and those who generate new data. The former are called ...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:28:00 PST |
Live from LA |
Live from LABy Megan Watzke, CXCThis week, the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) meeting is taking place at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, California. What exactly is HEAD? It is one o...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:15:00 PST |
Having A Light Go On: A New Way To Study Supernovas |
Having A Light Go On: A New Way To Study SupernovasBy Dr. Carles Badenes Dr. Carles Badenes is a Chandra postdoctoral fellow at Princeton, having spent the previous few years at Rutgers University. Hi...
Posted by Chandra X-ray Observatory on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:32:00 PST |
