A ghostly-looking image of powerful jets of radiation coming from a galaxy. (This is Chandra’s view of the galaxy Centaurus A.) There are wispy blue bubbles in the upper left and lower right and a bright blue jet of radiation emanating from the center of the image up to the upper left.

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Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 18:00:56 UTC Katie Mack

Chandra, the space-based observatory that brings us incredible x-ray images of the most extreme environments in the cosmos, is at risk of cancellation. It’ll be a huge loss to astronomy if the mission ends prematurely for budget reasons. Go to https://www.savechandra.org/ to find out how to help #SaveChandra

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