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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.
Listen to a symphony for the Milky Way, made from real NASA data (video)
By Monisha Ravisetti published
NASA's sonification project has done it again, this time turning the Galactic Center into a perfectly dissonant symphony.
NASA's Hubble, Chandra space telescopes face possible budget cuts: report
By Elizabeth Howell published
Two of NASA's flagship space telescopes, Hubble and Chandra, may have less money to spend if budget predictions come through. NASA may reallocate funds to newer missions.
Newfound lonely galaxy is isolated because it ate all its friends (video)
By Elizabeth Rayne published
A distant galaxy is alone because it devoured the other galaxies that once surrounded it, a new study suggests.
This is our best look yet at how young stars stifle planetary formation
By John Loeffler published
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers conducted the most in-depth study of planet-killing stars ever.
Epic galaxy collision hints at answer to missing matter mystery
By Elizabeth Rayne published
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra Observatory to watch galaxy collisions in the cluster Abell 98 have found what may be evidence of the universe's missing matter.
Iconic James Webb Space Telescope images get X-ray vision boost
By Robert Lea published
Four of the first science-quality images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have received a boost from X-ray vision.
Dazzling imagery of supernova remnant holds clues about star's death (video)
By Samantha Mathewson published
Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope and recently retired Spitzer Space telescope, astronomers traced the timeline of a supernova explosion called SNR 0519.
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