The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

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High definition views of Chandra's exciting science

  1. 11/24/2025 · VIDEO

    Tour: Before Fall Leaves, See Seasonal Offerings from NASA's Chandra

    Before fall gives way to winter in the northern hemisphere, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has several images that celebrate autumn and its many delights to share.

  2. 09/18/2025 · VIDEO

    Tour: NASA's Chandra Finds Black Hole With Tremendous Growth

    A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded. This discovery from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory may help explain how some black holes can reach enormous masses relatively quickly after the Big Bang.

  3. 08/28/2025 · VIDEO

    Tour: NASA's Chandra Reveals Star's Inner Conflict Before Explosion

    The star that exploded to become the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant appears to have undergone a dramatic event right before its demise. New evidence from Chandra indicates that the star's interior was violently rearranged just hours before the explosion.

  4. 08/20/2025 · VIDEO

    Tour: X-ray, Radio Go 'Hand in Hand' in New NASA Image

    In 2009, Chandra released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is shaped like a hand. Since then, astronomers have used Chandra and other telescopes to continue to observe this object.

  5. 07/16/2025 · VIDEO

    Tour: NASA's Chandra Finds Baby Exoplanet is Shrinking

    A baby planet is shrinking from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

  6. 06/25/2025 · VIDEO

    Tour: NASA's Chandra Shares a New View of Our Galactic Neighbor

    Astronomers study Andromeda to better understand the structure and evolution of our own spiral galaxy, the Milky Way.

  7. 06/09/2025 · VIDEO

    Tour: NASA's Chandra Sees Surprisingly Strong Black Hole Jet at Cosmic "Noon"

    A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe. This jet exists early enough in the cosmos that it is being illuminated by the leftover glow from the big bang itself.

  8. 06/04/2025 · VIDEO

    Tour: Galaxy Clusters on Course to Crash Again, NASA's Chandra Finds

    New observations have captured a powerful cosmic event: two galaxy clusters have collided and are now poised to head back for another swipe at each other.

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