Chandra
Neutron Star Seen Hurtling Out of the Milky Way
Like a baseball struck by a bat, there's a neutron star out there that's going, going, gone. Discovered using the…
Chandra Sees Star Formation in NGC 281
Here's a short little post about the star forming nebula NGC 281, captured by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. This photograph…
Chandra Sees the Death of a Star in Detail
This absolutely beautiful object has a big of a bizarre name: G292.0+1.8. But don't let that astronomical jargon throw you,…
Hubble and Chandra View the Orion Nebula Together
It's not a huge story, just some cool science and a pretty picture. Here's a newly released image of the…
Supernovae Blowing Superbubbles in the Small Magellanic Cloud
At a distance of only 200,000 light years, the Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic…
Subtle Supernova Remnants
Here are two images of supernova remnants, made with combined data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton. For…
Counting up the Active Black Holes with Chandra
The newest image released from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory is helping astronomers build up a census of the number of…
Supernova Remnant May Actually Have a Partner
When a star with at least 8 times the mass of our Sun detonates as a supernova, it leaves behind…
Neutron Stars Have Jets Too
One time, astronomers thought that only black holes had jets of material pouring out of them. Something to do with…
Come on Eta Carinae… Explode Already!
The death watch is on for Eta Carinae, a relatively nearby massive star that's set to explode as a supernova.…