Chandra
Best Evidence Yet for a High-Energy Jet Emanating from the Milky Way’s Black Hole
Jets of high energy particles emanating from a black hole have been detected plenty of times before, but in other…
Chandra Infographic Shows Where The Color Comes From In Space Pictures
For your daily space zing, check out an infographic recently highlighted on the Chandra X-ray Observatory's Google+ page. Called "How…
Fluorescent and Starry: New Zinger Space Images From Chandra’s X-Ray Archives
You know that moment when you're flipping through old digital pictures (on your computer or phone or whatever) and you…
Stars in this Jam-Packed Galaxy are 25 Times Closer Together than in the Milky Way
Meet galaxy M60-UCD1. This is not your average, every day, ordinary galaxy. First of all, it’s what is known as…
Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole is a Sloppy Eater
Like most galaxies, our Milky Way has a dark monster in its middle: an enormous black hole with the mass…
“Blue” Exoplanet Now Seen in X-rays for the First Time
In the medical field, X-rays are used for finding and diagnosing all sorts of ailments hidden inside the body; in…
NGC 6240: Gigantic Hot Gas Cloud Sheaths Colliding Galaxies
Looking almost like a cosmic hyacinth, this image is anything but a cool, Spring flower... it's a portrait of an…
NASA’s Great Observatories Provide a Sparkly New View of the Small Magellanic Cloud
This is just pretty! NASA's Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Spitzer Infrared…
Book Review: Your Ticket to the Universe
Every once in a while an astronomy book comes out that combines stunning high-definition images from the world's most advanced…
Galactic Gas Cloud Could Help Spot Hidden Black Holes
The heart of our Milky Way galaxy is an exotic place. It's swarming with gigantic stars, showered by lethal blasts…