The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is pleased to present a collection of 9 models that were created using images generated by the Chandra X-ray Observatory ... more about the Chandra telescope ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory turns 25 next month ... it brings Chandra’s amazing discoveries literally right to your fingertips." Over the years, Chandra has spotted an ultra-dense ...

Among the observatory’s great achievements, let me cite just three: the discovery ... Thanks to the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, for example, we can hold in our hands images the size, shape ...

For more than eight hours last fall, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory stared at a nondescript ... the star’s galaxy 56 days after SN2006gy’s discovery. The four X-ray photons it counted were ...

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has released 3D models of cosmic objects, including supernova remnants Cas A, G292.0+1.8, Cygnus Loop, and the young star BP Tau ...

and worked on satellite and rocket experiments, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Join us for a monthly evening under that stars, hosted by our students and faculty. Visitors can tour the ...

At the center of this image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short. Celestial lighthouse: NASA describes a pulsar ...

Meanwhile, NGC 2264 featur... This discovery was made possible by the combined efforts of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. Named Guitar Nebula, it showcases the ...