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Researchers traced long, bright radio pulses, combined with X-rays, to an intriguing cosmic object 15,000 light-years from ...
But many astronomers can't fathom pulling the plug on Chandra, a one-of-a-kind instrument that's currently being used in tandem with the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope ...
However, NASA's current plans call for retiring this unique astronomical instrument ... so only space telescopes are viable. Scientists backing Chandra also note that the observatory is still ...
It was 25 years ago today that the bus-sized instrument went up in one of ... to set priorities for astronomy. That future telescope and Chandra were hot topics at a meeting held today.
Chandra is still functioning well, and scientists expect the instrument to soldier on for at least another decade. Eventually, perhaps a century from now, the worn-out telescope will likely slip ...
These 3D models are based on state-of-the-art theoretical models, computational algorithms, and observations from space-based telescopes like Chandra that give us accurate pictures of these cosmic ...