Chandra's Cosmos: Dark Matter, Black Holes, and Other Wonders Revealed by Nasa's Premier X-Ray Observatory

by Wallace H. Tucker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588345874
• ISBN13: 9781588345875
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.1"