Astronomers Discover Radio Phoenix Close to the Moment of Its Formation
Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, the Very Large Array and the optical Sloan Digital Sky Survey, astronomers have…
Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, the Very Large Array and the optical Sloan Digital Sky Survey, astronomers have…
By combining data from Chandra and several other telescopes, researchers think they have discovered the remains of a planet that may have been ripped apart…
In a newly published study, astronomers used X-rays from Chandra and optical data from Hubble to help narrow down the possibilities of what dark matter…
Astronomers used data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory to observe the differences in GK Persei over a span of nearly 14 years, providing clues to…
New research based on X-ray data from Chandra shows how an unusual form of cosmic precipitation can affect the growth and evolution of galaxies, slowing…
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered a newly cosmic object that may help provide answers to some long-standing questions about how black holes…
This new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows supernova remnant G299.2-2.9. Because the debris fields of exploded stars, known as supernova remnants, are very…
To celebrate the International Year of Light (2015) new images are being released from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, along with data in other types of…
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of astronomers has detected a record-breaking outburst from a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy….
Using Chandra data, researchers were able to accurately determine the mass and other properties of the most distant massive galaxy cluster discovered to date. Officially…
This new Chandra image shows NGC 2207 and IC 2163, which have hosted three supernova explosions in the past 15 years and have produced one…
Using the W. M. Keck Observatory, scientists have developed a new way of measuring precise distances to galaxies tens of millions of light-years away. The…
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal details of supernova remnant MSH 11-62 and G327.1-1.1. A supernova that signals the death of a massive…
Using three NASA satellites, astronomers have revealed the first evidence that the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole (Sagittarius A*) may be producing neutrinos. The giant…
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a newly published study reveals evidence that heat channeled from turbulent motions in galaxy clusters is enough to…
A new study of 209 galaxies in the early universe with X-ray bright supermassive black holes reveals that more modest active galactic nuclei (AGN) tend…
First released in 2009, this Chandra image shows PSR B1509-58 – a spinning neutron star surrounded by a cloud of energetic particles. Pareidolia is the…
To celebrate Chandra’s decade and a half in space, a variety of composite images have been released from Chandra’s archive. Every year, NASA’s Chandra X-ray…