Astronomers have determined supernova explosions pose yet another threat to planets and their atmospheres. This…
Browsing: Chandra X-ray Observatory
The Chandra X-ray Observatory is NASA’s flagship space telescope for observing the universe in high-energy X-ray light, offering unparalleled insight into some of the most extreme and energetic phenomena in the cosmos. Launched in 1999, Chandra has revealed detailed views of supernova remnants, black holes, neutron stars, galaxy clusters, and dark matter through its ultra-sensitive imaging and spectroscopy. Its observations have transformed our understanding of the life cycles of stars, the behavior of matter under extreme conditions, and the structure of the universe. Explore this page for the latest discoveries, mission updates, and cosmic insights from Chandra.
Astronomers discovered the first evidence of giant black holes in colliding dwarf galaxies, offering important…
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory helped identify two pairs of dwarf galaxies on track to merge.…
NASA’s IXPE revealed highly polarized X-rays in the Vela pulsar wind nebula, indicating organized magnetic…
A new image of SNR 0519-69.0 shows the debris of a star that exploded several…
Zeta Ophiuchi is a single star that likely once had a companion that was destroyed…
A pulsar is racing through the debris of an exploded star at a speed of…
This is a sonification — translation into sound — of the latest image from the…
Two new sonifications of well-known black holes have been released for NASA’s Black Hole Week.…
Black holes in dense star clusters may grow by consuming stars, helping explain the formation…
Astronomers have found evidence for the destruction of thousands of stars in multiple galaxies, using…
To look for black holes around the “Spiderweb” galaxy, astronomers observed for over 8 days…
A city-sized collapsed star has generated a beam of matter and antimatter that stretches for…
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory continues to study GW170817, a neutron star merger that produced gravitational…
Astronomers have imaged a beam of matter and antimatter that is 40 trillion miles long…
Astronomers may have detected a “sonic boom” from a powerful blast known as a kilonova.…
Strange ‘sonic boom’ accompanied unprecedented event. Mysterious X-rays observed 3.5 years after the merger of…
Results narrow in on what powers new class of supernovae. Another member of the new…