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Today Chandra is peering at a pulsar in Puppis. Nearby in the sky is planetary #nebula NGC 2440. A #star nearing the end of its life is casting off its outer layers of gas, forming a cocoon around the star's remaining core. Ultraviolet light from the dying star makes the material glow. 📱Want #free #amazing #space #pics as a #backgrounds for your phone or tablet? The link is in our profile! NASA, ESA, Hubble
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Video NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory - Today Chandra is gazing at #galaxy NGC 4631, also known as the Whale Galaxy. A spiral galaxy that we view from the side from our vantage point of Earth, its core is filled with star birth and recent…
Photo NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory - Today Chandra is helping us learn more about the core of the Circinus Galaxy. Located only about 13 million light-years from Earth, Circinus is one of the closest known galaxies to our Milky Way…
Photo NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory - Today Chandra is studying stars in Taurus. Nearby in the sky is IRAS 05437+2502, a reflection Nebula located about 400 light years from Earth. The bright crescent-shaped feature in the image was…
Photo NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory - Nicknamed the Spirograph Nebula, IC 418 is located roughly 3,900 light-years from Earth and it's about 0.37 light-years across. Intricate shapes within the #nebula appear similar to the patterns…
Photo NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory - Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from its birthplace at more than 150,000 km/hour when its companion star was destroyed in a supernova explosion. A new…
Photo NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory - Today Chandra is studying massive #stars in Sagittarius. Nearby in the sky is the Little Gem Nebula — a star shedding its outer layers to form an eye-catching planetary nebula. Roughly half a…

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