The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Cambridge, MA (AHN) – NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has solved a ten-year mystery scientists have been unable to answer. Using the observatory they discovered a thin veil of carbon on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. “The compact star at the center of this famous supernova remnant has been an enigma since its [...]
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
This supernova was captured by Nasa's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The neutron star is the blue dot at the centre of the picture From The Daily Mail: An infant neutron star, the super-dense core of a stellar explosion, has been observed for the first time. The 12.4 mile-wide object is the youngest object of its kind ever discovered, having appeared just 330 years ago. It has been cloaked...
Physics Buzz (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... telescopes, each laden with a 25-meter-wide dish. The VLA is part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and "see" the universe in radio waves just as we see the world in visible light, allowing astronomers to study anything from the Cosmic Microwave Background to stellar corpses known as pulsars. Some of the data collected by these telescopes has even found its way into Google...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has come across evidence for a thin veil of carbon on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant.
Newswise (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object.
Astronomy Cmarchesin (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Credit X-ray: NASA/CXC/Southampton/W. Ho et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss JPEG (472.8 kb) Tiff (14 MB) PS (19.9 MB) Zoom-In (flash) More Images Illustration of Neutron Star & Atmosphere Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Southampton/ W. Ho et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss This Chandra X-ray Observatory image shows the central region of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Pike High School Planetarium will be part of a NASA event next week. As part of the International Year of Astronomy, NASA will unveil mural-sized images of the center of the Milky Way Galaxy as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, said Deb Teuscher, Pike planetarium director.
IndyStar.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Pike High School Planetarium will be part of a NASA event next week. As part of the International Year of Astronomy, NASA will unveil mural-sized images of the center of the Milky Way Galaxy as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, said Deb Teuscher, Pike planetarium director.
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
So cool. Scientists have finally identified the mysterious source of X-ray emissions at the center of our galaxy’s youngest supernova: Inside the remains of Cassiopeia A sits a baby neutron star surrounded by a thin layer of carbon. Twenty times heavier than our sun and 11,000 light years away, Cassiopeia A was a dense star whose explosion was observed from Earth roughly 330 years ago....
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Credit: NASA/CXC Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) has always been an enigma. While the explosion that created this supernova was obviously a powerful event, the visual brightness of the outburst that occurred over 300 years ago was much less than a normal supernova, [...]
Wired Science (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Scientists have finally identified the mysterious source of X-ray emissions at the center of our galaxy’s youngest supernova: Inside the remains of Cassiopeia A sits a baby neutron star surrounded by a thin layer of carbon dioxide. Twenty times heavier than our sun and 11,000 light years away from Earth, Cassiopeia A was a dense star [...]
Life Science World (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
[NEWS] Contact: Megan Watzke mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu 617-496-7998 Chandra X-ray Center Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object. “The compact star …
Astronomy.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
This Chandra X-ray Observatory image shows the central region of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, the remains of a massive star that exploded in our galaxy. Evidence for a thin carbon atmosphere on a neutron star at the center of Cas A has been found. Besides resolving a ten-year-old mystery about the nature of this object, this result provides a vivid demonstration of the extreme...
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
( Chandra X-ray Center ) Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object.
Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object.
