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VIRTUALISATION Chandra space telescope is twice as nice
VIRTUALISATION Chandra space telescope is twice as nice | Chandra space telescope is twice as nice |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Saturday, 25 July 2009 | |
  
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In the July 23, 2009 NASA media brief, “NASA Celebrates Chandra X-ray Observatory’s 10th Anniversary” the National Aeronautics and Space Administration proudly states that “With its unrivaled ability to create high-resolution X- ray images, Chandra has enabled astronomers to investigate phenomena as diverse as comets, black holes, dark matter and dark energy.” Project scientist for the Chandra mission, Dr. Martin Weisskopf, states, "Chandra's discoveries are truly astonishing and have made dramatic changes to our understanding of the universe and its constituents." NASA honors the accomplishments of Chandra, along with the other ground-based and space-based telescopes in use around the world, by saying that the discoveries made by these telescopes, “… has had a widespread, transformative impact on 21st century astrophysics. Chandra has provided the strongest evidence yet that dark matter must exist. It has independently confirmed the existence of dark energy and made spectacular images of titanic explosions produced by matter swirling toward supermassive black holes. “ Chandra celebrated its ten year old birthday on July 23, 2009. On that date, it was launched into space onboard the NASA space shuttle Columbia. Chandra has already observed the wonders of the universe for five more years than it was originally planned. Its five-year mission is now counting at ten years and is still functioning well. To learn more about the mission of Chandra, please go to the Harvard University website: Chandra X-ray Observatory. And, to see many images taken by Chandra over its ten year mission in space, go to the NASA website: Chandra: Exploring the Invisible Universe. |
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