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NASA's Chandra Finds Galaxy Cluster That Crosses the Streams - NASA
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a galaxy cluster has two streams of superheated gas crossing one another. This result shows thatNASA
How Students Learn to Fly NASA’s IXPE Spacecraft - NASA Science
The large wall monitor displaying a countdown shows 17 seconds when Amelia “Mia” De Herrera-Schnering tells her teammates “We have AOS,” meaning “acquisition of signal.” “Copy that, thank you,” Alexander Pichler replies.science.nasa.gov
Coming in Hot - NASA's Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets - NASA
This graphic shows a three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun. The blue haloes represent stars observed with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’sElizabeth Blackwell (NASA)
Paper on "X-rays from the Nearby Compact Emission-Line Galaxy NGC 2366" Published in the
Phil Kaaret (ST12) is lead author on the paper which describes Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the galaxy NGC 2366. Escape of Lyman continuum (LyC)Elizabeth Blackwell (NASA)
Imaging X-ray Polarimetery Explorer (IXPE) Conference Presentation at the 244th Meeting of the American
Phil Kaaret (ST12) gave a talk on “Particle acceleration and magnetic field geometry in the eastern jet of the microquasar SS 433” at the session on BlackElizabeth Blackwell (NASA)
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Discovery Papers - NASA
On 5/24/24, Astronomy and Astrophysics published online “Pulsar-wind-nebula-powered Galactic center X-ray filament G0.13–0.11” by Eugene Churazov et al. OnElizabeth Blackwell (NASA)
NASA's Chandra Peers Into Densest and Weirdest Stars - NASA
The supernova remnant 3C 58 contains a spinning neutron star, known as PSR J0205+6449, at its center. Astronomers studied this neutron star and others like itNASA
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) General Observer Proposals Accepted - NASA
Several funding proposals for General Observer (GO) IXPE observations have been accepted by NASA headquarters. They are “X-ray polarization of a TeV binary”Elizabeth Blackwell (NASA)
Coming in Hot — NASA's Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets - NASA
Astronomers are using these X-ray data to determine how habitable exoplanets may be based on whether they receive lethal radiation from the stars they orbit,Lee Mohon (NASA)
'Super' Star Cluster Shines in New Look From NASA's Chandra - NASA
Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, in combination withNASA
New Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Discovery Papers Published - NASA
On 3/7/24, Astrophysical Journal published online “X-ray Polarimetry of the Dipping Accreting Neutron Star 4U 1624–49” by M. Lynne Saade (Astrophysics Branch)Elizabeth Blackwell (NASA)