... 2007 January 16 . Kepler's Supernova Remnant in X-Rays . Credit: NASA / CXC / NCSU / S. Reynolds et al. ... Light from the stellar explosion that created this energized cosmic cloud was first seen on planet Earth in October 1604, a ...
... Since x-rays are invisible , the Chandra x-ray image data are represented in this picture by assigning visible colors to x-rays with different energies. ...
... 2002 October 26 . Dark Matter, X-rays, and NGC 720 . Credit: D. Buote ( UC Irvine ) et al., CXC , NASA . ... CXC , NASA . Explanation: Elliptical galaxy NGC 720 is enveloped in a cosmic cloud of x-ray emitting gas. ...
... 2003 October 16 . NGC 6888: X-Rays in the Wind . Credit: Y.-H. Chu R. Gruendl ( Univ. Illinois ) et al. ... Explanation: NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula , is a cosmic bubble of interstellar gas about 25 light-years across. ...
... Astronomers now realize that a hallmark of these cosmic behemoths are gas clouds with temperatures of tens of millions of degrees that pervade the clusters and radiate strongly in x-rays. ...
... The expanding cosmic fireball produces seconds-long bursts of gamma-rays and then as it slows and sweeps up surrounding material, generates an afterglow visible for many days at X-ray, optical, and radio energies . ...
... not be hidden from view by the immense cosmic dust clouds opaque to visible light ... the x-ray data shows high energy x-rays in blue, medium energies in green, and low ... Tomorrow's picture: cosmic horse . < | Archive | Index | Search | ...
... vision, the center regions of our Galaxy would not be hidden from view by immense cosmic dust clouds opaque to visible light ... representation of the x-ray data shows high energy x-rays in blue, medium energies in green, and low energies in red ...