Chandra

Galactic Black Hole Fires a Jet at a Nearby Neighbour

Ouch, that's going to leave a mark. A new photograph captured by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory shows a powerful jet…

17 years ago

Neutron Star Seen Hurtling Out of the Milky Way

Like a baseball struck by a bat, there's a neutron star out there that's going, going, gone. Discovered using the…

17 years ago

Chandra Sees Star Formation in NGC 281

Here's a short little post about the star forming nebula NGC 281, captured by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. This photograph…

17 years ago

Chandra Sees the Death of a Star in Detail

This absolutely beautiful object has a big of a bizarre name: G292.0+1.8. But don't let that astronomical jargon throw you,…

17 years ago

Hubble and Chandra View the Orion Nebula Together

It's not a huge story, just some cool science and a pretty picture. Here's a newly released image of the…

17 years ago

Supernovae Blowing Superbubbles in the Small Magellanic Cloud

At a distance of only 200,000 light years, the Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic…

17 years ago

Subtle Supernova Remnants

Here are two images of supernova remnants, made with combined data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton. For…

17 years ago

Counting up the Active Black Holes with Chandra

The newest image released from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory is helping astronomers build up a census of the number of…

17 years ago

Supernova Remnant May Actually Have a Partner

When a star with at least 8 times the mass of our Sun detonates as a supernova, it leaves behind…

17 years ago

Neutron Stars Have Jets Too

One time, astronomers thought that only black holes had jets of material pouring out of them. Something to do with…

17 years ago