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Action! Revealing Movie Sheds New Light On Crab Pulsar: Space Science Update September 19
Thanks to the combined power of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope, the Crab pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star the size of Manhattan, is providing a new look at what is occurring in our universe.

NASA Administrator Names Whitson First NASA ISS Science Officer
Research aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is getting a boost. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today named Dr. Peggy Whitson the first NASA ISS Science Officer.

Cochlear Implant Inventor Recognized 25 Years Later
Retired NASA engineer Adam Kissiah’s design is proof that technology developed today can benefit humankind years after its creation. As a result of his hearing problem and three failed corrective surgeries, Kissiah began researching other rehabilitative possibilities. In 1977, with no medical background, he developed today’s widely used cochlear implant.

Chandra Finds Surprising Black Hole Activity In Old Galaxies
Scientists at the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, Calif., have uncovered six times the
expected number of active, supermassive black holes in a single viewing of a cluster of galaxies,
a finding that has profound implications for theories as to how old galaxies fuel the growth of
their central black holes.

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