BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Chandra

SPACE TELESCOPE · the X-ray eye
Chandra
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LAUNCHED 1999SEES X-rays from the hottest places

Earth's atmosphere swallows X-rays, which is good for us but bad for astronomy, so Chandra watches from orbit. It sees the universe at its most violent: gas swirling at millions of degrees around black holes, shockwaves of supernova explosions, and the glowing wreckage of colliding galaxy clusters. Where Hubble sees beauty, Chandra sees drama.

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