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See the X-ray Neighborhood of the First-Ever Black Hole Photo in This Space Telescope View
By Doris Elin Urrutia published
The orange speckles in a new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory add another dimension to the first-ever image of a black hole.
Visit the Heart of the Milky Way in This 360-Degree, 4K Simulation (Video)
By Sarah Lewin published
Put yourself at the center of an ever-changing Milky Way with this new immersive video of the galaxy's core.
NASA's Chandra Space Telescope Captures the Tempest in a Cosmic 'Teacup'
By Samantha Mathewson published
A powerful quasar has caused a raging storm in a distant cosmic structure known as the "Teacup."
Scientists Hope They're Hot on the Heels of Universe's Missing Mass
By Meghan Bartels published
Astronomers think they've found a new clue in their continuing quest to solve one of the most substantial mysteries of the cosmos: where about a third of the universe's matter is hiding.
Dark Energy Gets Weirder: Mysterious Force May Vary Over Time
By Mike Wall published
Dark energy is even more mysterious than astronomers had thought, a new study suggests.
This Huge Black Hole Is Spinning at Half the Speed of Light!
By Mike Wall published
The crumbs left over from a supermassive black hole's recent meal have allowed scientists to calculate the monster's rotation rate, and the results are mind-boggling.
Beam Us Up! Colliding Galaxy Clusters Look Like Starship Enterprise (Photo)
By Mike Wall published
Is that the USS Enterprise blurring as it makes the jump to warp speed? Well, no. But a new photo of the galaxy cluster Abell 1033 certainly does call the famous "Star Trek" starship to mind.
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