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1 CleanVideoSN 2010jl in 60 Seconds Why are some supernovas much more powerful than others? Astronomers are still trying to figure that out, but one new discovery may help answer the question. 5/17/12 Free View In iTunes

2 CleanVideoM83 in 60 Seconds Since the 1980s, astronomers have known about a mysterious class of objects that they call "ultraluminous X-ray sources," or ULXs. 5/2/12 Free View In iTunes

3 CleanVideoMusket Ball Cluster in 60 Seconds Using a combination of powerful observatories in space and on the ground, astronomers have discovered a violent collision between two galaxy clusters. 4/16/12 Free View In iTunes

4 CleanVideoListening to Light When we look up on a dark night, we see a sky filled with stars. The light from a star, like the light from a flashlight or a lightning bug, is one form of electromagnetic radiation. 4/11/12 Free View In iTunes

5 CleanVideoCassiopeia A in 60 Seconds Over three hundred years ago, a very large star ran out of fuel and collapsed. This event created an explosion, known as a supernova, which then produced an expanding field of debris. 4/3/12 Free View In iTunes

6 CleanVideoA Tour of 3C 186: An Interview with Dr. Aneta Siemiginowska A galaxy cluster containing a structure never previously seen so far from Earth has been observed by Chandra X-ray Observatory. 3/23/12 Free View In iTunes

7 CleanVideoAbell 383 in 60 Seconds Dark matter is mysterious. We know that it is invisible material that does not emit or absorb any type of light, but we can detect it through the gravitational effects it has on material we can see. 3/14/12 Free View In iTunes

8 CleanVideoSgr A* in 60 Seconds Over several years, astronomers have noticed flares in X-ray light from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. 2/9/12 Free View In iTunes

9 CleanVideoG350.1-0.3 in 60 Seconds G350.1+0.3 is a young and exceptionally bright supernova remnant located nearly 15,000 light years from Earth toward the center of the Milky Way. 2/1/12 Free View In iTunes

10 CleanVideoIce Core Records: From Volcanoes to Supernovas Researchers have been traveling for decades to some of the coldest places on the planet to uncover some of the secrets from space that have been left behind on Earth. 1/27/12 Free View In iTunes

11 CleanVideoEl Gordo (ACT J0102-4915) in 60 Seconds Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes have discovered an extraordinary galaxy cluster some 7.2 billion light years from Earth. 1/11/12 Free View In iTunes

12 CleanVideoSXP 1062 in 60 Seconds The Milky Way galaxy has several small satellite galaxies very close to it. One of them is called the Small Magellanic Cloud. 12/21/11 Free View In iTunes

13 CleanVideoAbell 2052 in 60 Seconds The galaxy cluster Abell 2052 is found some 480 million light years from Earth. At the center of Abell 2052 is a giant elliptical galaxy, and within that is a supermassive black hole. 12/14/11 Free View In iTunes

14 CleanVideoTarantula Nebula in 60 Seconds 30 Doradus is a place where stars are born literally. This region, which is also known as the Tarantula Nebula, is located about 160,000 light years from Earth. 12/9/11 Free View In iTunes

15 CleanVideoCygnus X-1 in 60 Seconds Over three decades ago, Stephen Hawking placed, and eventually lost, a bet against the existence of a black hole in Cygnus X-1. 11/18/11 Free View In iTunes

16 CleanVideoRCW 86 in 60 Seconds In 185 A.D., Chinese astronomers noted a "guest star" that mysteriously appeared in the sky and stayed for about 8 months. 11/2/11 Free View In iTunes

17 CleanVideoCID 1711 and CID 3083 in 60 Seconds Astronomers have recently completed a large survey of the sky using some of the powerful telescopes both on the ground and in space. 10/26/11 Free View In iTunes

18 CleanVideoG299.2-2.9 in 60 Seconds G299.2-2.9 is an intriguing supernova remnant found about 16,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy. 10/13/11 Free View In iTunes

19 CleanVideoNGC 281 in 60 Seconds High-mass stars are important because they are responsible for much of the energy pumped into a galaxy over its lifetime. 9/30/11 Free View In iTunes

20 CleanVideoCoRoT-2A in 60 Seconds In recent years, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. 9/13/11 Free View In iTunes

21 CleanVideoNGC 3393 in 60 Seconds Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way. 8/31/11 Free View In iTunes

22 CleanVideoVV 340 in 60 Seconds VV 340, also known as Arp 302, is a textbook example of colliding galaxies seen in the very early stages of their interaction. 8/11/11 Free View In iTunes

23 CleanVideoA Tour of the Crab The Crab Nebula is one of the brightest sources of high-energy radiation in the sky. 8/2/11 Free View In iTunes

24 CleanVideoNGC 3115 in 60 Seconds This is NGC 3115, a galaxy located about 32 million light years from Earth. This composite image contains X-rays from Chandra as well as optical data from the Very Large Telescope. 7/27/11 Free View In iTunes

25 CleanVideoPSR J0357+3205 in 60 Seconds A spinning neutron star is tied to a mysterious tail, or is it? Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a long, X-ray bright tail streaming away from the pulsar known as PSR J0357. 7/13/11 Free View In iTunes

26 CleanVideoAbell 2744 in 60 Seconds One of the most complicated and dramatic collisions ever seen between galaxy clusters is captured in this new composite image. 6/23/11 Free View In iTunes

27 CleanVideoCDFS in 60 Seconds This image is what is known as the Chandra Deep Field South, a 4-million-second exposure made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. 6/17/11 Free View In iTunes

28 CleanVideoCarina Nebula in 60 Seconds Located in the Sagittarius-Carina arm of the Milky Way a mere 7,500 light years from Earth, the Carina Nebula is one of the best places to study how massive stars live and die. 5/24/11 Free View In iTunes

29 CleanVideoTycho's Supernova Remnant in 60 Seconds New research using Chandra data of the Tycho supernova remnant provides astronomers with clues to what triggered the original supernova explosion. 4/29/11 Free View In iTunes

30 CleanVideoMassive Stars in the Milky Way in 60 Seconds Like looking for Easter eggs in a lawn of long grass, the hunt for the Milky Way's most massive stars takes persistence and sharp eyes and powerful telescopes that can see different types of light. 4/19/11 Free View In iTunes

31 CleanVideoTycho in 60 Seconds Over four hundred years ago, the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe studied the explosion of a star that later became known as Tycho's supernova. 3/24/11 Free View In iTunes

32 CleanVideoCassiopeia A in 60 Seconds A new discovery from a famous exploded star has provided the first evidence for a bizarre state of matter in its core. 2/23/11 Free View In iTunes

33 CleanVideoArp 147 in 60 Seconds This image shows Arp 147, a pair of interacting galaxies some 430 million light years from Earth. 2/9/11 Free View In iTunes

34 CleanVideoGRS 1915+105 in 60 Seconds GRS 1915+105, or GRS 1915 for short, is a special system. Not only does it contain a black hole some 14 times more massive than the Sun in orbit with a companion star, it also has a heartbeat. 1/29/11 Free View In iTunes

35 CleanVideoA Tour of SN 1979C The youngest known black hole in our cosmic neighborhood may have been found using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. 11/15/10 Free View In iTunes

36 CleanVideoA Tour of GOODS The most powerful telescopes on the ground and in space have joined forces over the last decade in a unique observing campaign, known as GOODS, which reaches across the spectrum and deep back into cosmic time. 10/14/10 Free View In iTunes

37 CleanVideoG327.1-1.1 in 60 Seconds G327.1-1.1 is the aftermath of a massive star that exploded as a supernova in the Milky Way galaxy. 10/8/10 Free View In iTunes

38 CleanVideoRosette Nebula in 60 Seconds This spectacular image shows the Rosette star formation region, which is located about 5,000 light years from Earth. 9/17/10 Free View In iTunes

39 CleanVideoSuper-volcano M87 in 60 Seconds This composite image from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio data from the Very Large Array shows a cosmic volcano being driven by a black hole in the center of the M87 galaxy. 9/3/10 Free View In iTunes

40 CleanVideoCH Cyg in 60 Seconds Deep within this optical image lies an intriguing system known as CH Cyg. CH Cyg is a binary star system containing a white dwarf that feeds from the wind of a red giant star. 8/20/10 Free View In iTunes

41 CleanVideoAntennae in 60 Seconds This beautiful new image shows two colliding galaxies as seen by NASA's Great Observatories. 8/6/10 Free View In iTunes

42 CleanVideoNGC 7793 in 60 Seconds This composite image shows the nearby galaxy NGC 7793 that contains a powerful microquasar in its outskirts. 7/26/10 Free View In iTunes

43 CleanVideoM31 Black Hole in 60 Seconds For over a decade, astronomers have been using the Chandra X-ray Observatory to monitor the supermassive black hole in the center of Andromeda, the Milky Way's sister galaxy. 7/2/10 Free View In iTunes

44 CleanVideoM82 in 60 Seconds We begin with a composite image of the nearby starburst galaxy M82 that contains X-rays from Chandra in blue, optical data from Hubble in green and orange, and infrared data from Spitzer in red. 6/18/10 Free View In iTunes

45 CleanVideoN49 in 60 Seconds This beautiful image shows N49, which is the aftermath of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud. 6/4/10 Free View In iTunes

46 CleanVideoAbell 3376 in 60 Seconds This composite image of the galaxy cluster Abell 3376 shows X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ROSAT telescope along with an optical image from the Digitized Sky Survey and radio emission observed by the Very Large Array. 5/10/10 Free View In iTunes

47 CleanVideoG54.1+0.3 in 60 Seconds Data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope were combined to create this image of the dusty remains of a collapsed star. 4/26/10 Free View In iTunes

48 CleanVideoSDSS J1254+0846 in 60 Seconds Two quasars have been caught in the act of merging, thanks to this new image. 4/9/10 Free View In iTunes

49 CleanVideoNGC 1068 in 60 Seconds This image shows one of the nearest and brightest galaxies to the Milky Way that contains a rapidly growing supermassive black hole known as NGC 1068. 3/24/10 Free View In iTunes

50 CleanVideoESO 137 in 60 Seconds Two spectacular tails of X-ray emission have been seen trailing behind a galaxy known as ESO 137. 3/10/10 Free View In iTunes

51 CleanVideoM31 in 60 Seconds This image of M31 represents a study of six elliptical galaxies that Chandra made to determine what causes an important type of supernova. 2/22/10 Free View In iTunes

52 CleanVideoNGC 1399 in 60 Seconds Evidence from Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Magellan telescopes in Chile suggest that a star has been torn apart by an intermediate-mass black hole. 2/4/10 Free View In iTunes

53 CleanVideoSagittarius A* in 60 Seconds Astronomers have long known that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a particularly poor eater. 1/21/10 Free View In iTunes

54 CleanVideoBest of The Beautiful Universe In its first decade of exploration, Chandra has expanded our view of the universe with its unrivaled ability to create high-resolution X-ray images of cosmic phenomena. 12/28/09 Free View In iTunes

55 CleanVideoChandra's Extraordinary Universe In ten years of operation, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has transformed our view of the high-energy universe with its ability to make exquisite X-ray images of star clusters, supernova remnants, galactic eruptions, and collisions between clusters of galaxies. 12/21/09 Free View In iTunes

56 CleanVideoMultiwavelength Crab Nebula in 60 Seconds The Crab Nebula is one of the most studied objects in the night sky. This version of the Crab Nebula combines data from three different telescopes. 12/7/09 Free View In iTunes

57 CleanVideoMultiwavelength Galactic Center in 60 Seconds This never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way combines a near-infrared view from Hubble, an infrared image from Spitzer, and X-ray data from Chandra. 11/23/09 Free View In iTunes

58 CleanVideoThe Cassiopeia A in 60 Seconds Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant found embedded in the constellation that bears its name, which is known as the queen in Greek mythology. 11/9/09 Free View In iTunes

59 CleanVideoJKCS041 in 60 Seconds The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been found some 10.2 billion light-years from Earth. 10/26/09 Free View In iTunes

60 CleanVideoNGC 6240 in 60 Seconds NGC 6240 is a system in which two supermassive black holes are a mere 3,000 light years apart, virtually nothing in astronomical terms. 10/7/09 Free View In iTunes

61 CleanVideoGalactic Center in 60 Seconds This image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a wealth of exotic objects and high-energy features at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. 9/22/09 Free View In iTunes

62 CleanVideoHydra A in 60 Seconds This composite image of the Hydra A galaxy cluster shows 10-million-degree gas observed by Chandra and jets of radio emission observed by the Very Large Array. 9/14/09 Free View In iTunes

63 CleanVideoCepheus B in 60 Seconds A new study from two of NASA's "Great Observatories" provides fresh insight into how some stars are born, along with a beautiful new image of a stellar nursery in our own Milky Way Galaxy. 8/28/09 Free View In iTunes

64 CleanVideoIntroductory Trailer to Chandra In Florence, Italy, in the year 1609, the world changed. Using a small telescope, Galileo proved that the Earth is not distinct from the universe, but part of it. And he showed that there is much more to the universe than we see with the naked eye. 8/10/09 Free View In iTunes

65 CleanVideoE0102 in 60 Seconds The supernova remnant known as E0102 was one of the targets that Chandra first observed after its launch in 1999. 7/23/09 Free View In iTunes

66 CleanVideoStephan's Quintet in 60 Seconds This beautiful image gives a new look at Stephan's Quintet, a compact group of galaxies discovered about 130 years ago and located about 280 million light years from Earth. 7/10/09 Free View In iTunes

67 CleanVideoGRS 1915 in 60 Seconds We start with an optical and infrared image that shows the crowded area around the object known as GRS 1915+105, or GRS 1915 for short. 6/25/09 Free View In iTunes

68 CleanVideoGalactic Ridge in 60 Seconds This sequence begins with an infrared view from the Spitzer Space Telescope of the central region of the Milky Way. 5/29/09 Free View In iTunes

69 CleanVideoMacsJ0717 in 60 Seconds This image contains one of the most complex galaxy clusters known, which is located about 5.4 billion light years from Earth. 5/15/09 Free View In iTunes

70 CleanVideoMedusa in 60 Seconds NGC 4194 is a galaxy that is found about 110 million light years from Earth. 5/1/09 Free View In iTunes

71 CleanVideo30 Doradus in 60 Seconds Chandra's X-ray image of the Tarantula Nebula gives scientists a close-up view of the drama of star formation and star evolution. 4/17/09 Free View In iTunes

72 CleanVideoPSR B1509-58 in 60 Seconds A small dense object is responsible for the remarkably complex and intriguing structures seen in this image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. 4/3/09 Free View In iTunes

73 CleanVideoNGC 604 in 60 Seconds NGC 604 is a divided neighborhood in the galaxy M33, where some 200 hot, young massive stars reside. 3/23/09 Free View In iTunes

74 CleanVideoCrab Nebula in 60 Seconds The Crab Nebula is one of the best-known images ever taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. 3/5/09 Free View In iTunes

75 CleanVideoM101 in 60 Seconds This image of the spiral galaxy Messier 101 is a composite of observations from NASA's three Great Observatories. 2/10/09 Free View In iTunes

76 CleanVideoAbell 85 in 60 Seconds The composite image shows the galaxy cluster known as Abell 85, which is located about 740 million light years from Earth. 1/23/09 Free View In iTunes

77 CleanVideo3-D Fly-Through of Cassiopeia A For the first time, a multiwavelength three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of a supernova remnant has been created. 1/8/09 Free View In iTunes

78 CleanVideoG292.01+8 in 60 Seconds This image shows how complex a star's afterlife can be. 12/22/08 Free View In iTunes

79 CleanVideoM84 in 60 Seconds M84 is a massive elliptical galaxy located about 55 million light years from Earth in the Virgo Cluster. 12/12/08 Free View In iTunes

80 CleanVideoM87 in 60 Seconds M87 is a giant elliptical galaxy. At a distance of about 60 million light-years from Earth, M87 is the largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of some 2,000 galaxies. 11/25/08 Free View In iTunes

81 CleanVideoAbell 1689 in 60 Seconds Abell 1689 is a massive cluster of galaxies located about 2.3 billion light-years away. 11/14/08 Free View In iTunes

82 CleanVideoSN1996cr in 60 Seconds In 1995 or 1996 a supernova exploded in a nearby galaxy, but no one on Earth knew it at the time. 10/31/08 Free View In iTunes

83 CleanVideoRCW 108 in 60 Seconds RCW 108 is a region where stars are actively forming about 4,000 light-years from Earth. 10/16/08 Free View In iTunes

84 CleanVideoPerseus A in 60 Seconds The giant galaxy, Perseus A, which is also known as NGC 1275, is a well-known source of strong radio radiation. 10/2/08 Free View In iTunes

85 CleanVideoCat's Eye Nebula in 60 Seconds Plus This composite of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope is another look for NGC 6543, better known as the Cat's Eye nebula. 9/19/08 Free View In iTunes

86 CleanVideoMacs J0025.4-1222 in 60 Seconds Plus Two galaxy clusters, each a quadrillion times the mass of the Sun, collided to form the system formally known as Macs J0025.4-1222. 9/4/08 Free View In iTunes

87 CleanVideoM81 in 60 Seconds This image of the mammoth spiral galaxy M81, located about 12 million light years away, contains data from four different NASA satellites. 8/21/08 Free View In iTunes

88 CleanVideoSN 1006 in 60 Seconds The brightest supernova ever recorded on Earth, this spectacular light show was documented in China, Japan, Europe, and the Arab world. It was brighter than Venus, and visible during the day for weeks. 8/8/08 Free View In iTunes

89 CleanVideoCentaurus A in 60 Seconds There is nothing subtle about the black hole in the galaxy Centaurus A. First off, it's about 10 million times more massive than the sun, and Chandra's X-ray image shows it's not just sitting quietly as a bright point in the middle. 7/24/08 Free View In iTunes

90 CleanVideoNGC 4258 in 60 Seconds A composite image of NGC 4258, about 25 million light-years from Earth, shows an X-shaped pattern when seen in different types of light. 7/11/08 Free View In iTunes

91 CleanVideoG1.9+0.3 in 60 Seconds About a hundred and forty years ago, the light from a supernova explosion in our galaxy reached the Earth, but no one saw it. The discovery of this supernova remnant helps astronomers better understand how often these stellar time-bombs go off in our galaxy. 6/30/08 Free View In iTunes

92 CleanVideo3C321 in 60 Seconds In 3C321, a jet from a black hole in one of the galaxies is pummeling its neighbor galaxy, the first time this type of galactic violence has ever been seen. The jet could bring big trouble for any planets in its path, but could also trigger a burst of star formation in its wake. 6/12/08 Free View In iTunes

93 CleanVideoSombrero Galaxy in 60 Seconds Like the Milky Way, Sombrero is a spiral galaxy. However, we see Sombrero edge-on from our vantage point from Earth, rather than the face-down perspective that is more familiar. 5/21/08 Free View In iTunes

94 CleanVideoKepler's Supernova Remnant in 60 Seconds The supernova explosion that created this object was witnessed on Earth about 400 ago years by many skywatchers, including the astronomer Johannes Kepler. This object, which now bears Kepler's name, is the remains of a massive star's demise. 5/7/08 Free View In iTunes

95 CleanVideoM82 in 60 Seconds When seen in visible light from the Hubble Space Telescope, M82 looks like an ordinary spiral galaxy. 4/14/08 Free View In iTunes

96 CleanVideoThe Crab Nebula in 60 Seconds In 1054 A.D., a star's death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth. Now, almost a thousand years later, a superdense neutron star left behind by the explosion is spewing out a blizzard of extremely high-energy particles into the expanding debris field known as the Crab Nebula. 3/31/08 Free View In iTunes

97 CleanVideoM51 in 60 Seconds Hubble's image of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, shows the majestic spiral arms that are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. The infrared image from Spitzer also reveals stars and the glow from clouds of interstellar dust. 3/18/08 Free View In iTunes

98 CleanVideoCassiopeia A in 60 Seconds Cassiopeia A is the 300-year-old remnant created by the supernova explosion of a massive star. Each Great Observatory image highlights different characteristics of the remnant. 2/11/08 Free View In iTunes

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