Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 23, 1999, the space shuttle Columbia launched into orbit to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This space telescope can ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered a black hole growing at a record pace. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

The observations offer a rare glimpse into our solar system's early history.

These Chandra images reveal how stars end their life in majesty Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory The supernova that resulted in the creation of SNR 0509-67.5 occurred nearly 400 years ago for ...

There are monstrous objects at the heart of every large galaxy — black holes that are millions or even billions of times more massive than the sun. And when these “supermassive” black holes start to ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A new collection of images features data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. These objects have been observed in invisible light — including ...

Astronomers have spotted something unusual. A star, much like our own Sun when it was young, is blowing a bubble through space. The star, called HD 61.

For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. (Image: NASA/ESA/STIS) NASA spots a young Sun-like star blowing a giant hot gas bubble. First ...

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Abstract: X-ray astronomy is a product of the space age. Possible only from viewing platforms above the atmosphere, the first celestial X-ray source other than the Sun was discovered just over sixty ...