Using NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory, astronomers have observed a massive and hot galaxy cluster known as PLCKG287.0+32.9 ...

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.

Mining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the team of astronomers studied the relics that one star left behind after ...

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. The launch of this collection ...

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

Credit: CXC/SAO/M.Weiss NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has helped track down the origin of a mysterious X-ray signal emanating from deep space. The signal, which scientists have been working to ...

Using Spektr-RG and Chandra space observatories, Chinese astronomers have investigated a nearby spiral galaxy known as NGC ...

Using today's most powerful X-ray missions, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's (European Space Agency's) XMM-Newton, they now have a much clearer picture of this decades-long enigma.

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The old star might have destroyed a nearby planet.

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Univ Mexico/S. Estrada-Dorado et al.; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI (M. Meixner)/NRAO (T.A. Rector); Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J ...

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