Chandra
The Crab Gets Cooked With Gamma Rays
[/caption] It's one of the most famous sights in the night sky... and 957 years ago it was bright enough…
Looking Into The Eye Of A Monster – Active Galaxy Markarian 509
[/caption] "The world is a vampire, sent to drain... Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames..." Ah, yes. It's…
Stellar X-Rays Strip Planet To Bare Bones
[/caption] Some 880 light years away, a star named CoRoT-2a is busy decimating one of its planets - CoRoT-2b. Orbiting…
Galaxy Bets On A Pair Of Black Holes
[/caption] About 160 million light years away in the constellation of Hydra, spiral galaxy NGC 3393 has been keeping a…
Chandra Captures Enticing Evidence Of Black Hole’s Bondi Radius
[/caption] Those who are interested in black holes are familiar with the event horizon, but the Chandra X-Ray Observatory is…
Catch A Pulsar By The Tail
Originally discovered by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope in 2009, Pulsar PSR J0357 had a bit of a surprise…
A Four Cluster Pile-Up
[/caption] Abell 2744, shown above in a composite of images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the ESO's Very Large Telescope…
Black Hole Devours Star and Hurls Energy Across 3.8 Billion Light Years
[/caption] Engaging the Hubble Space Telescope, Swift satellite and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers at the University of Warwick were…
Baby Black Holes Grew Up Fast
[/caption] For more than six weeks, the watchful eye of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory kept track of a small portion…
Nearby Galaxy Has Two Monster Black Holes
[/caption] Why does this galaxy appear to be smiling? The answer might be because it has been holding a secret…