X-ray astronomy
Deepest X-ray Image Ever Made Contains Mysterious Explosion
Using data from the Chandra observatory, a team of researchers witnessed the most distant X-ray explosion ever observed, and are…
Nearby Galaxy Holds First Ultraluminous X-Ray Source that is a Pulsar
A research team led by Caltech astronomers of Pasadena California have discovered an ultraluminous X-ray (ULX) source that is pulsating. Their…
Intriguing X-Ray Signal Might be Dark Matter Candidate
Could a strange X-ray signal coming from the Perseus galaxy cluster be a hint of the elusive dark matter in…
New Findings from NuSTAR: A New X-Ray View of the “Hand of God” and More
One star player in this week’s findings out of the 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society has been the…
Fluorescent and Starry: New Zinger Space Images From Chandra’s X-Ray Archives
You know that moment when you're flipping through old digital pictures (on your computer or phone or whatever) and you…
First Light Image for NuSTAR
Here is the first image taken by the newest space mission, NuSTAR, or the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, the first…
NuSTAR Successfully Deploys Huge Mast
Nine days after launch -- and right on schedule -- the newest space mission has deployed its unique mast, giving…
Black Hole Hunter Drops from a Plane, Zooms to Orbit
[/caption] The newest mission to hunt for black holes soared to orbit today after first dropping from an aircraft. NASA's…
Newest X-Ray Observatory Will Hunt for Black Holes and More
[/caption] The next launch of a NASA space mission is the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. It study wide…
New Image Shows Beautiful Violence in Centaurus A
[/caption] The mysterious galaxy Centaurus A is a great place to study the extreme processes that occur near super-massive black…