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Latest Video on YouTube. Recent Images on Flickr. Contact us: cxcpub cfa. Milky Way Galaxy. Groups of Galaxies. Normal Stars. The Great Observatories were designed to send back detailed information about space. The Chandra X-ray Observatory is currently in orbit around Earth, peering out into the universe in search of extremely high-temperature events in space.
These events give off X-rays, which are a highly energized form of light that cannot be seen by human eyes. X-rays can't make it through the Earth's atmosphere, so for astronomers to study them, X-ray telescopes like the Chandra must be based in space.
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