The Chandra X-ray Observatory (2009)

Peering into the Heart of the Milky Way

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Video Description


November 07, 2006



Humanity has long sought to learn about the Milky Way, our home galaxy. Even after the advent of optical telescopes, the Milky Way's center remained mysterious because gas and dust blocks most visible light along our line of sight. Fortunately, X-ray telescopes like Chandra can detect higher-energy radiation that penetrates this veil of galactic debris.



Category: Science & Technology

Tags: NASA Chandra Milky Way Galactic Debris X-ray Astrophysics Astronomy

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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