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06 Dec 2020

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows stunning images of Universe: In pics

28 Feb 2020

Record-breaking explosion spotted by astronomers in universe

Astronomers have spotted a record-breaking explosion created by a black hole some 390 million light-years away in the universe. According to CNN.com, this record-breaking, gargantuan explosion came from a black hole in a distant galaxy cluster hundreds of millions of light-years away, the astronomers said.

05 Feb 2018

Scientists discover planets beyond Milky Way for the first time

The planet population, ranging from the size of the Moon to the size of Jupiter, were spotted in a galaxy located 3.8 billion light-years away.

04 Oct 2017

Supermassive discovery: Scientists spot five elusive giant black hole pairs

The black hole pairs were uncovered by combining data from a suite of different observatories including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Wide-Field Infrared Sky Explorer Survey (WISE), and the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona.

07 Sep 2017

Sun-like stars calm down after turbulent youth

From studies of solar X-ray emission, astronomers have determined that the corona is heated by processes related to the interplay of turbulent motions and magnetic fields in the outer layers of a star.

03 May 2017

Giant wave of hot gas discovered in nearby Perseus galaxy cluster

Scientists say the wave, spanning some 200,000 light-years, is about twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.

14 Mar 2017

Scientists discover star circling closest known orbit around likely black hole!

This discovery was made using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as NASA’s NuSTAR and CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA).

07 Feb 2017

Black hole devouring star for a decade detected

Researchers made this discovery using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Swift satellite as well as European Space Agency's XMM-Newton.

20 Dec 2016

NASA shares stunning image of a cluster of stars celebrating a cosmic Christmas; calls it ‘Winter’ Wonderland!

NGC 6357 is actually a “cluster of clusters,” containing at least three clusters of young stars, including many hot, massive, luminous stars.

06 Oct 2016

NASA's X-ray telescopes stumble over evidence of wandering black hole! - See pic

The astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory to discover this source.

Pandora's Cluster

29 Sep 2016

Abell 2744 captured: 'Pandora's Cluster' as seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope! (See pic)

The gravity of this galaxy cluster is strong enough that it acts as a lens to magnify images of more distant background galaxies.

X-ray emission from Pluto

17 Sep 2016

NASA detects X-ray emission from Pluto

This discovery was done by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory during its four separate observations.

28 Jul 2016

NASA reveals new information on Sun's magnetic field and its kin!

The US space agency NASA has released illustrated image of the magnetic field that depicts the interior of a low-mass star, such as GJ 3253, a low-mass red dwarf star about 31 light years away from our planet.

29 Apr 2016

'Russian Doll' galaxy cluster decodes information about dark energy

Astronomers have developed a powerful method for investigating dark energy by using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other optical telescopes.

23 Mar 2016

Solar storms trigger Jupiter's 'Northern Lights'

The Sun constantly ejects streams of particles into space in the solar wind.

Distant black hole jet

17 Feb 2016

Distant black hole jet discovered in glow of Big Bang!

The jet, found in the system known as B3 0727+409, is at least 300,000 light years.

22 Dec 2015

NASA's Chandra Observatory discovers incredible galactic tail

The pressure exerted by this rapid motion caused gas to be stripped away from the galaxy.

11 Dec 2015

A jellyfish in space? - See pic

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