WASP-18b: A ‘Hot Jupiter’ That is Changing the Internal Structure of the Star it Orbits
A new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that a giant exoplanet, WASP-18b, is making the star that it orbits act much older than…
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Astronomers Search for Trigger of Nearby Supernova
New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is helping astronomers determine what caused SN 2014J to explode, revealing information about the environment around the star…
The Most Complete and Detailed X-Ray View of Puppis A
This new image of supernova remnant Puppis A includes data from Chandra and XMM-Newton and is the most complete and detailed X-ray view to date,…
X-Rays from Eta Carinae Reveal Clues about the Double Star System
The Eta Carinae star system reveals new clues about its nature through the X-rays it generates, including how the winds from the stars interact. The…
The Destructive Results of a Mighty Supernova Explosion
This composite image shows the remnant of a supernova that would have been witnessed on Earth 3,700 years ago. This image from the Chandra X-Ray…
Chandra Helps to Determine What Caused Supernova SN2014J to Explode
Scientists are using Chandra data to help determine what caused the Type Ia supernova SN 2014J to explode. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory…
Scientists Detect a Possible Signal from Dark Matter
Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astrophysicists may have detected an emission line from a form of dark matter, the sterile neutrino, in the…
NASA Releases Four New Images to Celebrate Chandra’s 15th Anniversary
To celebrate Chandra’s 15th anniversary, NASA has released four new images of supernova remnants – the Crab Nebula, Tycho, G292.0+1.8, and 3C58. Fifteen years ago,…
Chandra Reveals a New Composite Image of NGC 4258
This new composite image of NGC 4258 shows X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in blue, radio data from the NSF’s Karl Jansky Very Large…
Astronomers Discover Mysterious X-Ray Signal in Perseus Galaxy Cluster
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton, a new study of the Perseus galaxy cluster has revealed a mysterious X-ray signal. A…
New Image Reveals Colliding Galaxy Clusters
This new image reveals a violent, complex scene of colliding galaxy clusters more than 5 billion light-years from Earth. Astronomers using the Karl G. Jansky…
Chandra Reveals Why Giant Elliptical Galaxies Have Few Young Stars
Astronomers shed new light on the mystery of why giant elliptical galaxies have few young stars. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has shed new light on…
Chandra Delivers New Insight into Formation of Star Clusters
Astronomers developed a new technique using data from Chandra and infrared telescopes that furthers our understanding of how clusters of stars like our Sun form….
A New View of Centaurus A
This new composite image of Centaurus A was created with X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, and…
Amateur Astronomers Combine Data to Reveal New Images of Galaxies
Amateur astronomers and astrophotographers have combined their optical data with the data from some of the world’s most sophisticated space telescopes to reveal new images…
Astronomers Detect Dramatic Flow of Rapidly Moving Molecular Gas in Abell 1835
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ALMA radio array, astronomers have detected a flow of about ten billion solar masses of rapidly moving molecular…
Supernova Remnant G352.7-0.1 Displays Several Unusual Properties
Astronomers have discovered that supernova remnant G352.7-0.1 is sweeping up a remarkable amount of material as it expands, an amount equivalent to about 45 times…
Hubble Measures “El Gordo” Galaxy Cluster, Bigger Than Previously Thought
Researchers have measured the mass of the El Gordo Galaxy Cluster, calculating the cluster’s mass to be as much as 3 million billion times the…