The Chandra X-ray Observatory (2009)

Exploring The Large Magellanic Cloud

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Video Description


May 20, 2008



The Large Magellanic Cloud, known as the LMC, is a nearby satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. At a distance of around 160,000 light-years, the LMC is the third closest galaxy to us. But the LMC is more than just a nice little sidekick.



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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