Chandra's cosmos
dark matter, black holes, and other wonders revealed by NASA's premier X-ray observatory
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Author
Publication
2017 - Smithsonian Books, District of Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
66,500 words, Guess
Page Count
266 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivechandrascosmosda0000tuck
- ISBN-101588345874
- ISBN-139781588345875
- Library of Congress Control Number2016016560
- OCLC Control Number946142031
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781588345875
- Open LibraryOL27233427M
Classifications
- DDC523.1
- LCCQB472 .T8114 2017
- LCCQB472.T8114 2017
Description
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. The book is organized in three parts: "The Big," covering the cosmic web, dark energy, dark matter, and massive clusters of galaxies; "The Bad," exploring neutron stars, stellar black holes, and supermassive black holes; and "The Beautiful," discussing stars, exoplanets, and life.
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