They’re at the core of a triple galaxy merger one billion light years from Earth
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Chandra checks up on a famous supernova remnant
Researchers use these data to learn more about the physics of Cassiopeia A’s explosion and the expanding aftermath of the debris
Deep Space
Astronomers discover an ancient black hole hidden behind a mask of gas
This important evidence could prove the existence of a black hole just 850 million years after the Big Bang
Deep Space
Gas ‘flows like honey’ as it travels through galaxy clusters
Astronomers can’t recreate this environment on Earth, so they rely on studying these cosmic laboratories with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Astronomers spot a pair of stars rejected and ejected from their host galaxy
The stellar travellers have found themselves about 600,000 light years away from their once-homely galaxy
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Astronomers spot the signal of two distant neutron stars merging
The merger sent an intense flash of radiation into the cosmos, picked up by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
Astronomy
View the explosive X-ray scene at the galactic centre
This new visualisation offers a 360 degree, riveting experience of what resides at the centre of our Milky Way
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The universal mystery of the missing mass
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has used X-ray powers for the greater good to help solve the long-standing mystery of Universe’s matter
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How hot are the atoms in supernovae shock waves?
The nearby supernova SN1987A was the subject of X-ray analysis that has led to this discovery
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The youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way has been found
The results from this study could reveal what happens to some stars during their demise
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Astronomers spot an X-ray tail stretching between galaxies
Observing groups of galaxies collide in X-rays has revealed more about the drastic cosmic occasion
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Galactic collision formed an ‘x-ray ring’
The Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed a ring of black holes or neutron stars, or even both, 300 million light years away from Earth
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Life looks ‘more likely’ around Alpha Centauri
Observations of X-ray emissions around the four-light-year-distant star system shows encouraging signs for habitability of any orbiting exoplanets
Deep Space
Famous exploded star revealed with incredible clarity
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has imaged the intricate and energetic features within the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A
Solar System
Jupiter’s ‘light show’ found to pulsate at its poles
By observing the X-ray emissions from the Jovian planet, scientists speculate that the planet’s magnetic field could be causing unusual aurora
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Astronomers study volatile stellar eruption dating back almost 1000 years
The explosive behaviour of R Aquarii can tell us about the two stars that comprise the system
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Powerful galactic ‘double whammy’ discovered for the first time
Astronomers have discovered a cosmic one-two punch unlike any ever seen before
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Dieting black hole dims its host galaxy
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of the peculiar volatile behaviour of a supermassive black hole
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X-ray space telescopes find new class of explosive cosmic events
The mysterious X-ray sources flare up and become about a hundred times brighter in less than a minute
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Space telescopes spot a young star drifting through space alone
The independent star is also going through a tremendous growth spurt