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In A Galaxy Far, Far Away and Also Those Nearby
28/09/2007
"In a galaxy far, far away�� These are some of the most famous words in movie history. But what do we already know about galaxies, and what do astronomers, like those using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, still hope to learn about them?
How It All Started
24/08/2007
Just after midnight on July 23, 1999, the Space Shuttle Columbia launched in orbit with the heaviest payload ever carried by a shuttle. Its precious cargo was the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which has helped revolutionize our understanding of the Universe.
From First Light to Eighth Anniversary
24/08/2007
In late August, after weeks of getting the spacecraft into the correct orbit and testing out various aspects of the satellite, Chandra was ready for its debut to the public. This was Chandra's First Light.
Mergers And Acquisitions In The Cosmos
28/06/2007
News about mergers is usually found in the business section. But many objects in the Universe, from black holes to clusters of galaxies, are also prone to mergers. Like the corporate world, cosmic mergers are dictated by where the most assets lie.
The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall
24/05/2007
When you look at the night sky, stars look like permanent fixtures of light. However, stars are born, live for a period of time, and then ultimately die. How they die is directly linked to how massive they were when they were born.
