[/caption] An ultraluminous x-ray source (ULX) previously spotted in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy by NASA's Chandra observatory has now been revealed…
[/caption] Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have reported record-breaking wind speeds coming from a stellar-mass black hole. The "wind", a high-speed…
[/caption] For the past several years, the Chandra telescope has detected X-ray flares occurring about once a day from the…
[/caption] Located some 14,700 light years from the Earth toward the center of our galaxy, a newly photographed supernova remnant…
[/caption] For the first time astronomers have located a pulsar – the super-dense, spinning remains of a star – nestled…
Don't like spiders? Well, here's one that will grow on you! Located about 160,000 light years in the web of…
[/caption] Yep. It's true. Almost all galaxies are guilty of having a supermassive black hole in their centers. Some even…
[/caption] Here's a nifty mosaic from the folks at Chandra: a representation of the Chandra spacecraft made from images taken…
[/caption] The space shuttle program is over. The orbiters are being decommissioned, stripped of the components that allowed them to…
[/caption] When it comes to my job, I see a lot of astrophotography. I've contemplated innumerable nebulae, viewed myriad galaxies…