Hang a Shining Star Upon the Highest Bough
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand This new view of the “Christmas tree cluster” NGC 2264, released on Dec....
Category : Chandra X-Ray Observatory
25 Years On, Chandra Highlights Legacy of NASA Engineering Ingenuity
5 Min Read 25 Years On, Chandra Highlights Legacy of NASA Engineering Ingenuity By Rick Smith “The art of aerospace engineering is a matter of...
Coming in Hot — NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Movie: Cal Poly Pomona/B. Binder; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss...
Spotted: ‘Death Star’ Black Holes in Action
Abell 478 and NGC 5044. X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Bologna/F. Ubertosi; Insets Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLBA; Wide field Image: Optical/IR: Univ. of Hawaii/Pan-STARRS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk A...
NASA’s Chandra Releases Doubleheader of Blockbuster Hits
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video These two movies of the Cassiopeia A...
Stellar Beads on a String
Galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414 X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/O. Omoruyi et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/G. Tremblay et al.; Radio: ASTRON/LOFAR; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk Astronomers have discovered one of...
Telescopes Show the Milky Way’s Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
NASA/CXC/M.Weiss This artist’s illustration depicts the findings of a new study about the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy called Sagittarius A* (abbreviated as...
When Dead Stars Collide!
4 min read When Dead Stars Collide! Gravity has been making waves — literally. In October 2017, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for...
NASA Telescopes Chase Down “Green Monster” in Star’s Debris
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Milisavljevic et al., NASA/JPL/CalTech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt and K. Arcand X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Milisavljevic et al., NASA/JPL/CalTech;...
