Chandra Digest (September 28) Abell 2142

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--- Friday, September 28, 2018  ---

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**  Abell 2142 : Making Head or Tail of a Galactic Landscape
A galaxy cluster about 1.2 billion light years from Earth. 
Read the article, rate the image, and send in your comments at:
http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/a2142/ 

** AM 0644-741: Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic One Ring -- in X-rays

A ring galaxy located about 300 million light years from Earth.

Read the article, rate the image, and send in your comments at:
http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/ring/ 

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**Chandra Press: NASA Extends Chandra Operations, Science Support Contract
NASA has awarded a contract to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to extend operations and science support for the agency's Chandra X-ray Observatory for six years, with options for two three-year extensions.
http://chandra.si.edu/press/18_releases/press_092518contract.html

**Chandra Podcasts:  A Tour of Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from Earth.
http://chandra.si.edu/resources/podcasts/by_date.html?year=2018

**Chandra Blog: Making Head or Tail of a Galactic Landscape
Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to capture a dramatic image of an enormous tail of hot gas stretching for more than a million light years behind a group of galaxies that is falling into the depths of an even-larger cluster of galaxies.
http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/690

**Chandra Resources: Stellar Evolution 101 for National Science Olympiad Coaches and Teams Webinar

This presentation focuses on understanding the process of stellar evolution by using a series of materials, resources and investigations specifically designed for Science Olympiad coaches and teams.

http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/olympiad_nso.html

**Chandra Resources: A Universe of Sound

Every sound begins with a vibration. When those vibrations travel through the air, they can enter the human eardrum where they are eventually turned into electrical signals that our brain interprets as sound. 

http://chandra.si.edu/sound/