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311Astrophysics / Astronomy / Light sources / Sun / Solar flare / Speed / Space Shuttle / Moreton wave / Physics / Space plasmas / Plasma physics

Measuring the Speed of a Solar Tsunami! 20 Moments after a major class X-6 solar flare erupted at 18:43:59 Universal Time on December 6,

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2012-03-30 10:34:24
312Chandra X-ray Observatory / Spaceflight / Wavelength / Perseus Cluster / Wave / Light / X-ray / Physics / Electromagnetic radiation / Medicine

Chandra Spies the Longest Sound Wave in the Universe! In September 2003, the Chandra Observatory took an x-ray image of a massive black hole in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster located 250 million light years from Earth. Alth

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Language: English - Date: 2009-12-05 05:39:12
313Astrophysics / Astronomy / Light sources / Solar flare / Sunspot / Solar cycle / Flare / Sun / Solar variation / Plasma physics / Space plasmas / Physics

44 How Common are X-Class Solar Flares? [removed]

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-12-16 07:15:40
314Physics / Astronomy / Coronal mass ejection / Solar flare / Corona / Flare / Solar cycle 24 / Solar energetic particles / Plasma physics / Space plasmas / Astrophysics

Predicting CMEs and Flares Solar flares are violent releases of energy from the sun that last 10 to 20 minutes and produce intense flashes of x-rays. Some of these flares can cause radio interference, and problems with c

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Language: English - Date: 2012-03-30 09:57:32
315Parsec / Cosmic distance ladder / Light-year / Pulsar / Astronomy / Space / Parallax

The Hand of Chandra! A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years and resembles a

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-07-20 16:07:48
316Supernova remnants / Light sources / Pulsars / Exotic matter / Neutron star / Crab Nebula / Star / Supernova / Chandra X-ray Observatory / Astronomy / Space / Star types

The Crab Nebula - Exploring a pulsar up close! The Crab Nebula is all that remains of a massive star that exploded as a supernova, and was seen by humans for the first time in 1054 AD. Located 6000 light years away, it i

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Language: English - Date: 2011-02-04 11:48:20
317Physics / Radioactivity / Chemical elements / Soil contamination / Radon / Sievert / Ionizing radiation / X-ray computed tomography / Roentgen equivalent man / Medicine / Radiobiology / Health

Lifestyles and Radiation Dose Factor Lives in Denver, Colorado Air travel Live in a brick/stone house

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Language: English - Date: 2011-03-24 08:59:16
318Plasma physics / Standard candles / Light sources / Space plasmas / Supernovae / Supernova / Cosmic distance ladder / X-ray astronomy / Sun / Astronomy / Astrophysics / Space

Chandra Studies an Expanding Supernova Shell In March, 1987 a supernova occurred in the Large Magellanic Cloud; a nearby galaxy to the Milky Way about 160,000 light years away from Earth. The site of the explosion was t

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Language: English - Date: 2010-12-01 08:44:38
319Exploration of the Moon / Space Shuttle program / Google Lunar X Prize / Government of the United States / NASA / Kennedy Space Center / Space Launch System / DIRECT / Moon Express / Spaceflight / Space technology / Human spaceflight

National Aeronautics and Space Administration JANUARY[removed]Center Planning and Development (CPD) is the “front door” for partnerships with NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

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Language: English - Date: 2015-01-16 10:18:31
320Space / Black holes / Plasma physics / Supermassive black holes / Star types / Stellar black hole / Mass / Sun / Astrophysical X-ray source / Physics / Astronomy / Galaxies

37 Black Hole Power…X Black holes are sometimes surrounded by a disk of orbiting matter. This disk is very hot.

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Language: English - Date: 2008-02-16 14:45:52
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