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'Fastest-feeding' black hole of the early universe found! But does it break the laws of physics?
By Keith Cooper published
The hungriest known black hole in the early universe has been found, thanks to teamwork between NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory.
NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft finds 'danger zones' around stars
By Robert Lea published
Using NASA's Chandra spacecraft, astronomers have found "danger zones" for worlds where planet-birthing disks are blasted with high-energy radiation from massive young stars and rapidly disintegrate.
NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope sees streams of gas cross in distant galaxy cluster (image)
By Samantha Mathewson published
NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope detected two new streams of gas trailing behind a galaxy within a cluster called Zwicky 8338, creating a "chaotic landscape."
These 2 monster black holes may be the closest pair ever discovered in visible and X-ray light (video)
By Robert Lea published
The tag team of NASA space telescopes Hubble and Chandra has demonstrated that two is definitely better than one when it comes to pairings of supermassive black holes and hunting for them.
These nearby star systems could be good targets in the search for alien life (video)
By Robert Lea published
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope, scientists have investigated if nearby exoplanets could support life, or if their stars are blasting them with too much deadly high-energy radiation.
Dark matter ghosts its way through powerful (and messy) collision of galaxy clusters
By Robert Lea published
Using data from the Hubble and Chandra space telescopes, scientists have determined that dark matter ghosted through the wreckage of two colliding galaxy clusters over 5 billion light-years away.
What it takes to keep NASA's flagship Chandra observatory flying for a quarter century
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the flagship Chandra X-ray observatory, NASA released a behind-the-scenes look at the work it takes to keep the $1.5 billion telescope flying in space.
Road trip! Tour the universe with these gorgeous images from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope
By Samantha Mathewson published
Newly released images from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope capture a cloud complex called Rho Ophiuchi, the Orion Nebula, a spiral galaxy named NGC 3627 and a galaxy cluster known as MACS J0416.
'Death Star' black holes caught blasting powerful beams at multiple targets: Watch out Alderaan! (video)
By Robert Lea published
Supermassive black holes that are blasting out beams of high-energy particles killing star formation in their galaxies are shifting targets like real-life Death Stars.
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