The Chandra X-ray Observatory (2009)

Stephan's Quintet in 60 Seconds

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Video Description


July 21, 2009



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.



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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