NASA "Great Observatory" Interactive Map of the Universe
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March 16, 2007

NASA "Great Observatory" Interactive Map of the Universe

Sky_map_mapWe've never seen anything as spectacular and informative as this Interactive Sky Map from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Since its launch on July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has been NASA's flagship mission for X-ray astronomy, taking its place in the fleet of "Great Observatories."

The map is just dazzling, and it's easy to navigate the universe. Just click on a colored diamond and you're transported into another visual world along with concise descriptions -everything from the "Rivers of Gravity that Define the Cosmic Landscape" to "Astronomers Take the Measure of Dark Matter in the Universe." The Chandra Map's galactic navigation includes galaxies, galaxy clusters balck holes, normal stars, star clusters, white dwarfs.

Chandra Interactive Map of the Universe


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