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Chandra Observatory
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Sep 3
Over 150 hours of Chandra observations compressed into 19 seconds. Explore how this timelapse of Centaurus A X-ray data was made at: chandra.si.edu/blog/node/970
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Chandra Observatory
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Aug 31
Welcome to space, @NASARoman! 🚀 So excited to have a new friend up here to help us solve the mysteries of the universe! 🙌🏼😁
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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Aug 30
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has officially launched and is heading to its forever home at L2! Over the next three months, the observatory will perform final checks and power its instruments before revealing its first images by early 2027. nasa.gov/Roman
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Chandra Observatory
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Aug 27
Starburst galaxies are galaxies that are undergoing incredibly high rates of star formation. NGC 1569 is one such galaxy — forming stars roughly 100 times faster than our own Milky Way Galaxy for the past 100 million years or so.
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Chandra Observatory
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Aug 25
Take in this new image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 from Chandra, @NASAHubble, and @NASAWebb. Studying barred spirals in action can help reveal how gas in our own Milky Way, which is also a barred spiral, feeds its central black hole and forms new stars.🌀
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Chandra Observatory
@chandraxray
Aug 11
Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of the Tarantula Nebula from NASA's Chandra (blue), Hubble (green), and Webb (red). More: s.si.edu/tarantula26
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