The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. See 25 'never-before-seen' images ...

These Chandra images reveal ... Astrophysical Observatory The supernova that resulted in the creation of SNR 0509-67.5 occurred nearly 400 years ago for Earth viewers. X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Hughes ...

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 ...

This image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the “mountains” and “valleys” formed at the edge of a nearby stellar nursery called NGC 3324, located in the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula.

For more than eight hours last fall, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory stared at a nondescript ... The spacecraft can produce full-color images of X-ray-emitting objects while measuring the intensity ...

New three-dimensional (3D) models of objects in space have been released by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory ... like Chandra that give us accurate pictures of these cosmic objects and how ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Helix nebula, as viewed by the Chandra X-ray observatory, Hubble Space Telescope and ...

The Helix Nebula image reveals a white dwarf at its center that may have destroyed a closely orbiting planet, explaining a mysterious X-ray signal detected for over 40 years.

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 ...