The Chandra X-ray Observatory (2009)

The Crab Nebula in 60 Seconds

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Video Description


May 28, 2008



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.



Category: Science & Technology

Tags: NASA X-ray Astrophysics Astronomy Chandra Satellite

Documentary Description


January 24, 2008



It has been only forty years since humanity has known the existence of the strange and dynamic x-ray universe, an invisible universe of million degree gas, immense jets of radiation, exploding stars and distant quasars. Join Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's Lt. Uhura, as she guides you on the decades long odyssey to reveal this wondrous universe with NASA's largest X-ray telescope. [6/2000] [Science] [Show ID: 3847]



Category: Education

Tags: science NASA astronomy

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