Chandra's cosmos : dark matter, black holes, and other wonders revealed by NASA's premier X-ray observatory /
On July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built, was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia. Since then, Chandra has given us a view of the universe that is largely hidden from telescopes sensitive only to visible light. In Chandra's Cosmos, the...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Smithsonian Books,
[2017]
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| Summary: | On July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built, was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia. Since then, Chandra has given us a view of the universe that is largely hidden from telescopes sensitive only to visible light. In Chandra's Cosmos, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Chandra science spokesperson Wallace H. Tucker uses a series of short, connected stories to describe the telescope's exploration of the hot, high-energy face of the universe. |
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| Physical Description: | 266 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781588345875 1588345874 |