Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, an ‘X-arithmetic’ technique 'sorts features in galaxy clusters and groups into ...
These Chandra images reveal how stars end their life in majesty Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory The supernova that resulted in the creation of SNR 0509-67.5 occurred nearly 400 years ago for ...
Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound by ...
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These gorgeous new images of the cosmos from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope took our breath away (video)
NASA has unveiled a dazzling new collection of cosmic images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing spectacular stellar, nebular and galactic activity in unprecedented detail. The collection ...
There are monstrous objects at the heart of every large galaxy — black holes that are millions or even billions of times more massive than the sun. And when these “supermassive” black holes start to ...
Special Colloquium Wednesday, May 21 4 p.m. Coburn 140 Title: The X-ray Sky in High Definition: 25 Years of Astrophysics with the Chandra X-ray Observatory Speaker: Pat Slane, Chandra Director ...
Believe it or not, black holes aren't just plain dark voids in the vastness of space 100 percent of the time. Occasionally, a black hole will spit up the contents of its stellar breakfast the same way ...
New observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have captured a rare cosmic event: Two galaxy clusters have collided and are now poised to head back for another swipe at ...
The cover of the September 4, 2000, issue shows NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory, which provided significant data during its initial year of operation, complementing astronomical observations in other ...
Composite image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, also known as Pandora's Cluster, taken by the Hubble and Chandra space telescopes and the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Hot intracluster gas is shown ...
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