Kes 75: The Youngest Known Pulsar in the Milky Way
Scientists have confirmed the identity of the youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way galaxy using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result could…
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Chandra Operations Resume, Cause of Safe Mode Identified
The cause of Chandra’s safe mode on October 10 has now been understood and the Operations team has successfully returned the spacecraft to its normal…
NASA Extends Chandra X-Ray Observatory Operations
NASA has awarded a contract extension to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to continue operations and science support for the agency’s Chandra…
Chandra Detects Diskless Young Stars in Serpens South Cluster
Stars frequently form in crowded environments. By combining the resources of multi-wavelength missions like Chandra in the X-ray and Spitzer in the infrared, astronomers are…
Chandra Discovers a Ring of Black Holes in Galaxy AM 0644-741
Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover a ring of black holes or neutron stars in a galaxy 300 million light years from…
Chandra Reveals Critical Evidence of Elusive Intermediate-Mass Black Holes
Scientists have taken major steps in their hunt to find black holes that are neither very small nor extremely large. Finding these elusive intermediate-mass black…
Chandra Reveals First Evidence of Young Star RW Aur A Devouring a Planet
Chandra data indicates that a young star, known as RW Aur A, has likely destroyed and consumed an infant planet. If confirmed, this would be…
Chandra Reveals Cluster of X-Ray Binary Stars Near the Galaxy’s Center
A binary star system is one that contains a pair of stars orbiting each other. A black hole X-ray binary is a binary system in…
‘Red Nuggets’ – Relics of the First Massive Galaxies
The central black holes may be the driving force in how much star formation occurs in a certain type of rare galaxy. ‘Red nuggets’ are…
New Evidence of the Existence of an Elusive Type of Black Hole
Scientists have been able to prove the existence of small black holes and those that are super-massive but the existence of an elusive type of…
Chandra Scouts Alpha Centauri for Possible Hazards
Chandra observations indicate the two brightest stars in Alpha Centauri are not pummeling any orbiting planets with large amounts of X-rays. Alpha Centauri is a…
Chandra Reveals a Special Kind of Neutron Star for the First Time
Astronomers have discovered a special kind of neutron star for the first time outside of the Milky Way galaxy, using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray…
Chandra Views Black Hole Bounty in the Center of the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered evidence for thousands of black holes located near the center of our Milky Way galaxy using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory….
Amazing Chandra X-Ray Observatory Images From 2018
Perseus Cluster A gigantic and resilient “cold front” is hurtling through the Perseus galaxy cluster according to data from Chandra & other X-ray observatories. This…
Chandra Identifies Sun-Like Stars in Stellar Cluster NGC 6231
Astronomers think that our Sun was born in a stellar cluster about 4.6 billion years ago that quickly dispersed. Chandra’s image of the stellar cluster…
Chandra Discovers White Dwarf Stars and Other Exotic Binaries in 47 Tucanae
Cataclysmic variable stars (CVs) are white dwarf stars that are accreting from an orbiting, low mass binary companion star. The accretion is facilitated by the…
Astronomers Surprised By Gigantic ‘Cold Front’ in Perseus Galaxy Cluster
Astronomers have used Chandra to study a gigantic and resilient “cold front” in the Perseus galaxy cluster. This structure spans about 2 million light years,…
Astronomers Reveal a Magnificent New Composite Image of the Crab Nebula
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory launch into space. The Crab Nebula was one of the first objects that Chandra…