The first X-rays from Uranus have been captured by Chandra during observations obtained in 2002 and 2017, a discovery that may help scientists learn more…
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On the left, data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows a portion of the remains of an exploded star known as supernova 1987A. On the…
Data from Chandra and NuSTAR provide evidence for the existence of a structure known as a “pulsar wind nebula” at the center of the Supernova…
Artist’s impression of a disc of material circling a supermassive black hole. Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a supermassive black…
Artist’s depiction of a magnetar. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers recently found the fastest spinning and possibly the youngest magnetar yet. J1818.0-1607 is located about 21,000…
Artist’s depiction of a magnetar. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers have recently found the fastest spinning and possibly the youngest magnetar known. This object, known as…
Black hole illustration. Credit: Aurore Simonnet and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomers are searching for signs of a supermassive black hole in the galaxy…
First released in 2009, this Chandra image shows PSR B1509-58 – a spinning neutron star surrounded by a cloud of energetic particles. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO;…
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UNAM/J. Toalá et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI On Earth, amethysts can form when gas bubbles in lava cool under the right conditions. In space,…
Artist’s impression of black hole jets. Credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss Some supermassive black holes launch powerful beams of material, or jets, away from them, while others…
This selection of images of different kinds of light from various missions and telescopes have been combined to better understand the universe. Each composite image…
TXS 0128+554, outlined in red here, is an elliptical galaxy located 500 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. Credit: Sloan Digital Sky Survey Not…
Kepler’s Supernova Remnant. Credit: NASA/CXC/Univ of Texas at Arlington/M. Millard et al. Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to record material blasting away from…
A new study reveals what happens when a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy cluster stops being active. By combining data from…
The double star system V745 Sco, which is located about 25,000 light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss For decades, astronomers have known about irregular outbursts from…
Credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss Astronomers have reported the first detection of X-rays from the earliest phase of evolution of a star like our Sun. This discovery…
A composite view of the Abell 2384 system, comprising two galaxy clusters located 1.2 billion light years from Earth. A new study, based on data…
Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of survival story: a star that had a brush with a giant black hole and lived to tell…
A supermassive black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster located about 240 million light-years from Earth. The main image is about 550,000 light-years across and…
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space observatories, along with radio telescopes on ground, have spotted the aftermath of the most powerful explosion…