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The Chandra space telescope. Artwork.

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sou01-39003

Date

2006-11-14

Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia in July of 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. Chandra is designed to observe X-rays from high energy regions of the universe, such as the remnants of exploded stars.