Movie Dissects the Nebula’s Intricate Nested Structure In the year 1054 AD, Chinese sky watchers…
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.
One black hole is influencing the rate of star formation in multiple galaxies and across…
Update (January 10, 2020): A team of astronomers from the Universities of Erlangen-Nürnberg and Potsdam…
Astronomers have confirmed the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars…
A new movie of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant shows how it has evolved over…
A mega-merger of four galaxy clusters in Abell 1758 has been observed by Chandra and…
In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was among those who noticed a new bright object…
Astronomers have spotted three giant black holes within a titanic collision of three galaxies. The…
Pops of bright blue and green in this image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946)…
A group of astronomers, including Penn State scientists, has announced the likely discovery of a…
On July 23, 1999, the Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center…
A new study has revealed how fast some distant, rapidly growing supermassive black holes are…
This artist’s illustration depicts a coronal mass ejection, or CME, which involves a large-scale expulsion…
X-ray observations have found copious amounts of very hot gas in galaxy clusters, and in…
Want to take a trip to the center of the Milky Way? Check out a…
Fancy a cup of cosmic tea? This one isn’t as calming as the ones on…
New results from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may have helped solve the Universe’s “missing mass”…
A new study using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton suggests that…