Setting the Clock on a Supernova – Stellar Explosion Just Hundreds of Years Ago in Earth’s Timeframe
A new image of SNR 0519-69.0 shows the debris of a star that exploded several hundred years ago in Earth’s timeframe. The explosion of a…
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Zeta Ophiuchi: Spectacular Shock Wave From Rejected Star Hurtling Through Space at 100,000 Miles per Hour
Zeta Ophiuchi is a single star that likely once had a companion that was destroyed when it went supernova. The supernova explosion sent Zeta Ophiuchi,…
Over a Million Miles per Hour: NASA’s Chandra Catches Pulsar in X-Ray Speed Trap
A pulsar is racing through the debris of an exploded star at a speed of over a million miles per hour. To measure this, researchers…
You’ve Seen the New Image of the Milky Way’s Black Hole – Now Hear It!
This is a sonification — translation into sound — of the latest image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) of the supermassive black hole at…
Hear What a Black Hole Sounds Like – New NASA Black Hole Sonifications With a Remix
Two new sonifications of well-known black holes have been released for NASA’s Black Hole Week. The Perseus galaxy cluster was made famous because of sound…
Black Holes Devour Thousands of Stars To Fuel Growth
In some of the most crowded parts of the universe, black holes may be ripping apart thousands of stars and using their remains to pack…
Stellar Devastation on a Massive Scale: Black Holes Destroy Thousands of Stars To Fuel Growth
Astronomers have found evidence for the destruction of thousands of stars in multiple galaxies, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Growing black holes within dense stellar…
Feasting Black Holes Caught in Galactic Spiderweb
To look for black holes around the “Spiderweb” galaxy, astronomers observed for over 8 days with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Chandra revealed 14 actively growing…
Tiny Star Unleashes Monstrous Beam of Matter and Anti-Matter
A city-sized collapsed star has generated a beam of matter and antimatter that stretches for trillions of miles. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed…
Extraordinary Cosmic Collision: The Unfolding Story of a Kilonova Told in X-Rays
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory continues to study GW170817, a neutron star merger that produced gravitational waves. Many telescopes saw different kinds of light after the…
Tiny Star Unleashes Gargantuan Beam of Matter and Anti-Matter That Stretches for 40 Trillion Miles
Astronomers have imaged a beam of matter and antimatter that is 40 trillion miles long with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The record-breaking beam is powered…
Astronomers May Have Detected a “Sonic Boom” From a Powerful Blast Known as a Kilonova
Astronomers may have detected a “sonic boom” from a powerful blast known as a kilonova. This event—called GW170817—is a result of a merger of two…
Mysterious Kilonova Explosion Afterglow Potentially Spotted for First Time
Strange ‘sonic boom’ accompanied unprecedented event. Mysterious X-rays observed 3.5 years after the merger of two neutron stars Astrophysicists believe a kilonova afterglow or materials…
New Class of Unusual Stellar Explosions: Mysterious Luminous “Cow” Shines in X-Rays
Results narrow in on what powers new class of supernovae. Another member of the new “Cow” class of supernova explosions has been discovered—the brightest one…
An Expanse of Light – Dazzling New Multiwavelength Images of the Universe From NASA
A new gallery of images combining X-ray data from Chandra with those from other telescopes is being released. The objects range from a supernova remnant…
“Mini” Monster Black Hole Discovery Could Reveal Secrets to Giant’s Growth
The discovery of a supermassive black hole in a relatively small galaxy could help astronomers unravel the mystery surrounding how the very biggest black holes…
Astronomers Discover Four Enormous Bubbles Caused by Giant Black Holes
Scientists have found four enormous cavities, or bubbles, at the center of a galaxy cluster using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This unusual set of features…
“Mini” Monster Black Hole Discovery May Provide Clues to Astonishing Supermassive Growth
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in the dwarf galaxy Mrk 462 with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The percentage of these galaxies that have…
