3D Models Of Objects In Space Released By NASA's Chandra Team

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory team has released several 3D models of celestial onbjects that you can print.   Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart

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00:00Visit Chandra's Beautiful Universe

00:053D Models

00:07New 3-dimensional, or 3D, models of objects in space

00:15have been released by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

00:20These 3D models allow people to view and print

00:24examples of stars in the early and end stages of their lives.

00:28These 3D models are based on state-of-the-art theoretical models,

00:33computational algorithms, and observations from space-based telescopes like Chandra

00:38that give us accurate pictures of these cosmic objects and how they evolve over time.

00:44However, looking at images and animations is not the only way to experience these data.

00:50The four new 3D printable models of Cassiopeia A, G292.0 plus 1.8,

00:58and Cygnus-loop supernova remnants, and the star known as BP Tau,

01:03let us experience the celestial objects in the form of physical structures

01:07that will allow anyone to hold replicas of these stars and their surroundings

01:11and examine them from all angles.

01:14In Cassiopeia A, astronomers combined X-rays from Chandra and infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope

01:21to shed light on the origin of a mysterious structure they dubbed Green Monster.

01:26This revealed new insights into the explosion that created Cassi about 340 years ago from Earth's perspective.

01:34By creating a 3D model of the G292 system, astronomers have been able to examine the asymmetrical shape of the remnant

01:43that can be explained by a reverse shockwave moving back toward the original explosion.

01:49This helps them better understand this rare type of supernova explosion that contains large amounts of oxygen.

01:56The Cygnus-loop, also known as the Veil Nebula, is a supernova remnant,

02:01the remains of the explosive death of a massive star.

02:05This 3D model is the result of a simulation describing the interaction of a blast wave from the explosion

02:12with an isolated cloud of the dust and gas in between the stars.

02:16Finally, a 3D model shows a star less than 10 million years old that is surrounded by a disk of material.

02:24This object, called BP Tau, has flares that interact with a disk of material surrounding this infant star.

02:32Looking at BP Tau gives us insight into our own sun billions of years ago.

02:54a 2D model of genomes found with the