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SUMMARY:The X-ray Sky in High Definition: Twenty-five Years of Astroph
 ysics with the Chandra X-ray Observatory\, Astronomy Colloquium\, Patr
 ick Slane\, Harvard Center for Astrophysics
DESCRIPTION:X-ray astronomy is a product of the space age. Possible on
 ly from viewing platforms above the atmosphere\, the first celestial X
 -ray source other than the Sun was discovered just over sixty years ag
 o. Following fresh on the heels of this discovery\, with X-ray astrono
 my just barely in its infancy\, an almost unimaginably-bold proposal w
 as put forth to build a visionary space-borne observatory based on X-r
 ay optics whose resolution and sheer size represented leaps by orders 
 of magnitude over any such mirrors ever built. Following a series of s
 maller\, but ever-improving X-ray observatories\, this vision was full
 y realized in July of 1999 with the launch and deployment of NASA's Ch
 andra X-ray Observatory.<br>
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\nA quarter century later\, Chandr
 a remains the world's premier X-ray astrophysics facility - the crucia
 l high energy component of NASA's fleet of flagship observatories. Fro
 m resolving the hazy X-ray background into a speckled array dominated 
 primarily by black holes to peering through a gravitational lens to pe
 ek at supermassive black hole formation at the edge of time\, Chandra 
 has continued to do things that no other X-ray observatory can. It is 
 unique\, it is powerful\, and it is healthy - poised to help continue 
 framing the future of high energy astrophysics for years to come.  As
  we celebrate its ongoing success\, I will provide a summary of some o
 f the most exciting results from Chandra's ever-increasing scientific 
 legacy\, along with a look forward to its continued role as both a uni
 que stand-alone facility and a core element for panchromatic investiga
 tions of the Universe.
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