NASA's 'AstrOlympics' Puts Athletes' Feats into Cosmic Perspective

Just in time for the Olympic Games in Rio, NASA has unveiled a project comparing the feats of the athletes to amazing things found in space. "AstrOlympics provides brief explanations of the physical concepts and then compares examples from common everyday experiences, Olympic events and discoveries from space made with Chandra and other telescopes," Chandra team members wrote in a statement. "The Olympics are an opportunity to behold the limits of human abilities in athletics," NASA officials wr