NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Since its launch on July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has been NASA's flagship mission for X-ray astronomy, exploring such objects as black holes, exploding stars and clusters of galaxies.
Added on 1 Jan 2009, 00:00 UTC, last updated on 29 Jan 2020, 15:16 UTC
Latest News
- 22 Jan 2020, 17:00 UTC Stellar Explosions and Jets Showcased in New Three Dimensional Visualizations
- 6 Jan 2020, 17:00 UTC Famous Black Hole Has Jet Pushing Cosmic Speed Limit
- 17 Dec 2019, 16:00 UTC Galaxy Gathering Brings Warmth
- 26 Nov 2019, 15:50 UTC Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light Years Away
- 18 Nov 2019, 18:08 UTC A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
- 30 Oct 2019, 17:00 UTC Combing Through the "X-ray Files"
- 24 Oct 2019, 18:00 UTC Chandra Spots a Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making
- 17 Oct 2019, 18:04 UTC The Clumpy and Lumpy Death of a Star
- 25 Sep 2019, 19:24 UTC Found - Three Black Holes On Collision Course
- 11 Sep 2019, 17:22 UTC Scientists Discover Black Hole Has Three Hot Meals a Day
- 26 Aug 2019, 15:03 UTC The Latest Look at "First Light" from Chandra
- 8 Aug 2019, 17:00 UTC Cloaked Black Hole Discovered in Early Universe using NASA's Chandra
- 23 Jul 2019, 13:20 UTC NASA\'s Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
- 3 Jul 2019, 17:00 UTC X-rays Spot Spinning Black Holes Across Cosmic Sea
- 25 Jun 2019, 19:00 UTC Galaxy Clusters Caught in a First Kiss
- 18 Jun 2019, 18:20 UTC Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey?
- 3 Jun 2019, 14:23 UTC Heart of Lonesome Galaxy is Brimming with Dark Matter
- 31 May 2019, 18:24 UTC A Giant Stellar Eruption Detected for the First Time
- 8 May 2019, 17:00 UTC Chandra Finds Stellar Duos Banished from Galaxies
- 16 Apr 2019, 18:22 UTC A New Signal for a Neutron Star Collision Discovered
- 10 Apr 2019, 13:27 UTC Chandra Captures X-rays in Coordination with Event Horizon Telescope
- 21 Mar 2019, 19:41 UTC Galactic Center Visualization Delivers Star Power
- 14 Mar 2019, 16:00 UTC Storm Rages in Cosmic Teacup
- 28 Feb 2019, 16:22 UTC Galactic Bubbles Play Cosmic Pinball with Energetic Particles
- 14 Feb 2019, 15:00 UTC Where is the Universe Hiding its Missing Mass?
- 29 Jan 2019, 17:00 UTC Astronomers Find Dark Energy May Vary Over Time
- 9 Jan 2019, 22:32 UTC Ricocheting Black Hole Jet Discovered by Chandra
- 9 Jan 2019, 17:00 UTC Shredded Star Leads to Important Black Hole Discovery
- 17 Dec 2018, 19:00 UTC Chandra Serves up Cosmic Holiday Assortment
- 13 Dec 2018, 20:10 UTC Cosmic Fountain Powered by Giant Black Hole
- 4 Dec 2018, 15:09 UTC Double Trouble: A White Dwarf Surprises Astronomers
- 15 Nov 2018, 18:15 UTC To Boldly Go into Colliding Galaxy Clusters
- 18 Oct 2018, 17:00 UTC Milky Way's Youngest Pulsar Exposes Secrets of Star's Demise
- 16 Oct 2018, 15:00 UTC All in the Family: Kin of Gravitational-Wave Source Discovered
- 27 Sep 2018, 19:07 UTC Making Head or Tail of a Galactic Landscape
- 6 Sep 2018, 19:20 UTC Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic One Ring -- in X-rays
- 9 Aug 2018, 15:00 UTC Finding the Happy Medium of Black Holes
- 18 Jul 2018, 15:20 UTC Chandra May Have First Evidence of a Young Star Devouring a Planet
- 12 Jul 2018, 17:11 UTC "X"-ploring the Eagle Nebula and "Pillars of Creation"
- 21 Jun 2018, 15:00 UTC 'Red Nuggets' are Galactic Gold for Astronomers
- 18 Jun 2018, 17:00 UTC Star Shredded by Rare Breed of Black Hole
- 6 Jun 2018, 17:00 UTC Chandra Scouts Nearest Star System for Possible Hazards
- 31 May 2018, 17:00 UTC Gravitational Wave Event Likely Signaled Creation of a Black Hole
- 23 May 2018, 17:00 UTC Astronomers Spot a Distant and Lonely Neutron Star
- 9 May 2018, 15:00 UTC Black Hole Bounty Captured in the Milky Way Center
- 2 May 2018, 17:00 UTC Stellar Family Portrait in X-rays
- 3 Apr 2018, 17:00 UTC Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front
- 14 Mar 2018, 13:13 UTC A Crab Walks Through Time
- 1 Mar 2018, 16:13 UTC Beaming with the Light of Millions of Suns
- 15 Feb 2018, 16:10 UTC Supermassive Black Holes Are Outgrowing Their Galaxies
