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'Galactic spiderweb' is dotted with feeding black holes (photo)
Scientists have spotted a cluster of rapidly growing black holes that offer a glimpse at something called "cosmic noon."
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suffers camera glitch, stalling science
A prolific NASA space telescope has closed its camera eye for now due to a power issue that has stalled the observatory's science work.
Giant ghostly 'hand' stretches through space in new X-ray views
An enormous, ghostly hand stretches through the depths of space, its wispy fingers pressing against a glowing cloud. It sounds like something out of sci-fi, but it's quite real.
Incredibly powerful megaflares from young stars are common, study shows
Young stars can release flares more powerful than our sun's largest on record once a week, according to a massive new analysis of stellar activity.
Milky Way's galactic core overflows with colorful threads in new Chandra panorama (video, photos)
Uranus is belching X-rays and is weirder than we ever thought
The more scientists study it, the weirder Uranus gets.
Rare supernova relic found at the core of our Milky Way
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered the remains of a rare kind of stellar explosion near the center of the Milky Way.
Astronomers spot the fastest spinning magnetar ever seen
About 21,000 light-years from Earth, far-off in the Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have spotted the fastest-spinning (and possibly the youngest) magnetar ever seen.
