Chandra
What Triggers a Type Ia Supernova? Chandra Finds New Evidence
[/caption] What makes a star go boom? A new look at Tycho’s supernova remnant by the Chandra X-ray telescope has…
Space Telescopes Observe Unprecedented Explosion
[/caption] From a NASA press release: NASA's Swift, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to study…
New Look Inside Tycho Supernova Remnant Hints at Cosmic Ray Origins
[/caption] The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has taken a brand new, deep look inside the Tycho Supernova Remnant and found a…
Close Look at Cas A Reveals Bizarre ‘Superfluid’
[/caption] NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered the first direct evidence for a superfluid, a bizarre, friction-free state of matter, at the…
Chandra Captures Giant Ring of Black Holes
[/caption] From a Chandra press release: Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a new image of a ring --…
Will the Milky Way’s Black Hole Become ‘Hyperactive’?
[/caption] From a NASA press release: A new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory tells scientists how often the biggest…
Taking a Galaxy’s Temperature
[/caption] The role that supermassive black holes play in the formation of galaxies is a "hot" topic in astronomy. Using…
Has a Recent, Nearby Supernova Become a Baby Black Hole?
[/caption] Back in 1979, amateur astronomer Gus Johnson discovered a supernova about 50 million light years away from Earth, when…
Even ‘Weakling’ Magnetars are Strong and Powerful
[/caption] The name alone, “magnetar” elicits a magnificent, powerful and strong astronomical object, and most of these “magnetic stars” are…
Cosmic Volcano Erupting in M87
[/caption] It’s the Eyjafjallajokull of space! Chandra and the VLA have teamed up to find an erupting galactic "super-volcano" in…