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What Caused Eta Carinae’s 1840 “Great Eruption?”
n 1840, a seemingly innocuous star, Eta Carinae, suddenly brightened to become one of the brightest stars in the sky…
A Collection of New Images Reveal X-Rays Across the Universe
One of the miracles of modern astronomy is the ability to ‘see’ wavelengths of light that human eyes can’t. Last…
Chandra and JWST Join Forces in a Stunning Series of Images
NASA scientists have combined data from the James Webb and Chandra observatories to create stunning series of images.
The Crab Nebula Looks Completely Different in X-Rays, Revealing its Magnetic Fields
An international team of astronomers has created the most accurate map to date of the Crab Nebula's magnetic field, revealing…
A Distant Galaxy Ate All of its Friends. Now It’s All Alone
An international team of astronomers discovered a "fossil galaxy" that consume its neighbors, the farthest observed to date!
Planets Make it Harder to Figure out a Star’s age
Estimating stellar age has always been a challenge for astronomers. Now, a certain class of exoplanets is making the process…
Chandra’s X-ray Vision Combined With JWST Reveals Even More Details About the Universe
NASA scientist have released images combining the early data from the James Webb Space Telescope with X-ray data taken with…
Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A is Lopsided
Cassiopeia A is the remnant of a supernova that exploded 11,000 light-years away. The light from the exploding star likely…
A Pulsar is Blasting out Jets of Matter and Antimatter
Why is there so much antimatter in the Universe? Ordinary matter is far more plentiful than antimatter, but scientists keep…
Astronomers Might Have Found a Planet in Another Galaxy
Not that long ago,, astronomers weren't sure that exoplanets even existed. Now we know that there are thousands of them…