Chandra Views Glowing Gas in the Milky Way, NGC 3576
Released to the public for the first time, this Chandra/ESO image shows NGC 3576. A region of glowing gas in the Sagittarius arm of the…
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory Releases Eight Never Before Seen Images
To celebrate and support American Archive Month, eight never-before-seen images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory archive have been released. Every year, October is designated as…
NASA to Look Deeper Into the Universe than Ever Before
NASA researchers are teaming up in the new collaborative program called The Frontier Fields to look deeper into the universe than ever before, working together…
Chandra Reveals Echoes of Multiple Outbursts from Sagittarius A
Using Chandra high-resolution data collected from 1999 to 2011, astronomers reveal for the first time abrupt variations in the X-ray emission from gas clouds surrounding…
Astronomers Find Evidence for Densest Nearby Galaxy
Using Chandra, Hubble, and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy that weighs more than 200 times our Sun, over half of which…
Astronomers Discover Enormous Arms of Hot Gas in the Coma Cluster of Galaxies
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton, researchers have discovered long arms of hot gas in the Coma cluster of galaxies. These arms span…
NuSTAR and ESO Composite Image of the Sculptor Galaxy
This composite image from NASA’s NuSTAR and the European Southern Observatory shows the Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253. The Sculptor galaxy is seen…
Chandra Views Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Rejecting Food
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers found that less than 1% of the material in the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole’s gravitational grasp…
Chandra Discovers Dwarf Galaxy Colliding Into NGC 1232
A new study reveals that a giant cloud of superheated gas, which is about 6 million degrees, is likely the result of a collision between…
Chandra Views an Eclipsing Exoplanet for First Time
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM Newton Observatory has revealed the first exoplanet caught passing in front of its…
A Closer Look at Planetary Nebula NGC 2392
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Telescope, astronomers studied NGC 2392 and two other planetary nebulas with hot gas in their center,…
Chandra Reveals New Details About the Remains of Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered new details about the remains of a supernova that is the most recent, in Earth’s time frame,…
Chandra Data Reveals 26 New Black Hole Candidates in M31
Using data from 152 observations of Chandra spanning over 13 years, researchers discovered twenty-six new stellar-mass black holes candidates in Andromeda, also known as M31….
Data Reveals Dormant Black Hole Amidst Stellar Chaos
NuSTAR data reveals that the once active supermassive black hole at the center of the Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253, is now dormant,…
NASA Data Suggests Black Holes Abundant Among the Earliest Stars
A newly published study suggest that black holes were abundant among the first stars in the universe, finding that black holes are responsible for at…
Magnetars More Diverse Than Previously Thought
New data has revealed that magnetars may be more diverse, and common, than previously thought. Researchers believe these findings with help them better understand supernova…
Astronomers View Superheated Gas Swirling Around a Black Hole
By combining x-ray, optical, and radio data, astronomers get a full picture of the superheated gas swirling around the black hole at the center of…
Chandra Reveals an Enormous Cloud of Hot Gas Enveloping Two Colliding Galaxies
A burst of star formation that lasted for at least 200 million years may be responsible for a cloud of hot gas, which contains the…
