Chandra

X-rays Reveal a Stellar-Mass Black Hole in Andromeda

[/caption] An ultraluminous x-ray source (ULX) previously spotted in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy by NASA's Chandra observatory has now been revealed…

13 years ago

Chandra Spots a Black Hole’s High-Speed Hurricane

[/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…

13 years ago

Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is Feasting on Asteroids

[/caption] For the past several years, the Chandra telescope has detected X-ray flares occurring about once a day from the…

13 years ago

Supernova G350 Kicks Up Some X-Ray Dust

[/caption] Located some 14,700 light years from the Earth toward the center of our galaxy, a newly photographed supernova remnant…

13 years ago

X-rays Unwrap a Poky Little Pulsar

[/caption] For the first time astronomers have located a pulsar – the super-dense, spinning remains of a star – nestled…

13 years ago

Tarantula Nebula Is Growing!

Don't like spiders? Well, here's one that will grow on you! Located about 160,000 light years in the web of…

13 years ago

Galaxy Interactions Could Cause Overweight Black Holes

[/caption] Yep. It's true. Almost all galaxies are guilty of having a supermassive black hole in their centers. Some even…

13 years ago

Mosaic: Chandra Spacecraft Made from Chandra Images

[/caption] Here's a nifty mosaic from the folks at Chandra: a representation of the Chandra spacecraft made from images taken…

13 years ago

Welcome To The Heart Of The Milky Way…

[/caption] When it comes to my job, I see a lot of astrophotography. I've contemplated innumerable nebulae, viewed myriad galaxies…

13 years ago