Friends. The Chandra Source Catalog version 2.1 has been released! This is a very rich and exciting dataset for astronomical discovery, and for data-driven exploration, regardless of whether you are an X-ray astronomer or not. Enjoy it! cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/csc/

I watched this live - excellent job done by a number of Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (and other) staff. Thanks to all!

Reminder that our next public lecture will take place on Tuesday 16 April, at 13:00GMT and 18:00GMT.

The hybrid talk ‘Subject: Astronomy. Teaching and learning about the oldest science’ will be given by Prof Kevin Walsh from Westminster School. 🔭💫

Sign up at: ras.ac.uk/events-and-mee…

The American Physical Society Division of Astrophysics (DAP) is excited to be working with astrobites for the first time at #AprilAPS !

🚨 NEW - Sweden Plays #StarTrek : First Contact Theme @ NATO

In an interesting development, the theme for Star Trek: First Contact was played at the flag-raising ceremony at NATO in Brussels earlier this month for Sweden's accession to the alliance!

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Curious about the cosmos? Our next public lecture will take place on Tuesday 16 April, at 13:00GMT and 18:00GMT.

The hybrid talk ‘Astronomy. Teaching and learning about the oldest science’ will be given by Prof Kevin Walsh from Westminster School.

Details on how to register coming soon!

In the year 1181 a rare supernova explosion appeared in the night sky, staying visible for 185 consecutive days. This new image allows us to marvel at the same object that appeared for our ancestors more than 800 years ago. More: s.si.edu/snr1181

Have to say I profoundly disagree. Communication with non-specialists is such an important part of our jobs (and a part I am passionate about) and we frequently navigate politics proposing for funding and working in/managing large, international teams with competing interests.

Comparing the '24 and '25 NASA requests for Chandra is depressing and remarkable. Since the '24 request, the Chandra team has RETURNED the HRC to science, restored 8 years of youth to the Aspect camera, and force-multiplied JWST to yield awesome results. #SaveChandra

Stunning space and ground-based international collaboration. #NewInsights #TechnologyInnovation #MultiMission #NewViews #Astrophysics

The Royal Astronomical Society lecture theatre is filling up ahead of tonight’s The Life Scientific recording with RAS president Mike Edmunds…

the Lord Speaker is doing a series of wide-ranging interviews with members of the House of Lords.
This is my contribution

youtube.com/watch?v=L6NJTE…

Was a super fun chat, Joe Morelle thanks for the invite! 🚀 And I ❤️ you, Rochester. Enjoy #Eclipse2024 !

I could not agree more!!

These cuts quickly lead to decommissioning Chandra Observatory, the world's only sub-arcsec resolution X-ray telescope, with no future replacement in sight. #SaveChandra

📣 Coming Athena X-ray Advances: ACO Science Webinar: The NewAthena telescope for new scientific perspectives on supernova remnants, by Fabio Acero CEA Paris-Saclay Irfu/SAp

🗓️ 21 March (15-16 CET)

Abstract + connection details

👉🏽the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/en/blog/athena…

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with us this year!🎉 Chandra is at the forefront of so many discoveries — what wonders will come next? Learn more at: chandra.si.edu/blog/node/874

NGC 3576 is a region of glowing gas located about 9,000 light-years from Earth. Intense radiation & winds from massive stars are shredding the clouds from which the stars formed, generating many of the fascinating shapes seen within. This image is roughly 50 light-years across.

Chandra team currently all working on Sunday night to replan our command loads within 4 hours to point to a very fast Target of Opportunity discovered by the community. Incredible team. And Chandra is critically needed in our new golden age of Time Domain Astronomy. #SaveChandra

Gossip is that William Shatner and MC HAMMER e/acc may board the train to #SaveChandra 👀🖖savechandra.org