-
NASA's Chandra releases timelapse movies of Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A
24 Apr 2024 20:57 GMT
… from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Each includes X-ray data collected by Chandra over … remnant.
Cassiopeia A timelapse:
Credit: Chandra X-ray Center
The images used in … 25 years of operations.
Credit: Chandra X-ray Center
More information:
Yusuke Sakai …
-
See incredible time lapses of two of space’s most famous objects
25 Apr 2024 02:20 GMT
… lapses recently shared by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, which show how … and Crab Nebula time lapses NASA/CXC/A. … pronounced, seen here in the X-ray wavelength. The large number … Space Telescope, at the Chandra website.
Editors' Recommendations
-
US astronomers slam cuts to the Chandra X-ray observatory
13 Apr 2024 09:09 GMT
… NASA says that it cannot afford to the keep the Chandra X-ray … the craft (courtesy: NASA)
X-ray astronomers in the US … campaign to save the Chandra X-ray Observatory from budget cuts … postdoc X-ray astronomers. According to Lopez, grants from Chandra support …
-
Nelson defends “very tough choices” in NASA’s budget proposal
18 Apr 2024 14:17 GMT
… science committee April 17 about NASA’s fiscal year 2025 … Trone (D-Md.) criticized NASA for its decision in March … in the budget for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Astronomers have argued … .” NASA has not approved development of any new large X-ray telescopes …
-
Check out stunning photos from the $2 billion space telescope that captures the invisible universe — and that NASA plans to defund
16 Apr 2024 14:57 GMT
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory faces budget cuts … that may end its mission.
Chandra … to budget cuts.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory has been orbiting Earth … peering at the universe in X-ray light that's …
-
A “slow bleed” of funding threatens NASA’s science flagships
15 Apr 2024 20:00 GMT
… basis. NASA proposed reducing the budget of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, an X-ray telescope … , Patrick Slane, director of the Chandra X-Ray Center, said the budget was … , director of NASA’s astrophysics division, of Chandra and Hubble.
NASA is preparing …
-
NASA budget woes could doom $2 billion Chandra space telescope
14 Apr 2024 12:36 GMT
NASA spent $2.2 billion to build and launch the Chandra X-Ray Observatory in … ate astronomy.”
As an X-ray telescope, Chandra is not as versatile as … , 68, the director of the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Mass.
“We …
-
A NASA telescope saw into black holes. Now it's on the chopping block.
11 Apr 2024 10:09 GMT
The Chandra X-ray Observatory, one of four great space telescopes NASA launched in the … to be disastrous for X-ray astronomy."
Chandra has offered many insights … has the resolution and X-ray capability of Chandra.
“A versatile, general-purpose …
-
An Early End for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory?
28 Mar 2024 23:15 GMT
… quarter century in space, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory might be coming to … & Smithsonian), director of the Chandra X-ray Center, notes that the levels … X-ray Vision
The deployment of Chandra from the Space Shuttle Payload bay.
NASA …
-
The Chandra X-ray spacecraft may soon go dark, threatening a great deal of astronomy
25 Mar 2024 15:00 GMT
… was published to the Chandra X-ray Observatory's … Chandra X-ray Center. In it, he's talking about NASA … unexpected."
The Chandra X-ray Observatory, against a background … NASA's Hubble and Chandra space telescopes. (Image credit: X-ray: NASA …