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 11 May 2017, 17:06 UTC
Latest News
- 11 May 2017, 17:00 UTC Astronomers Pursue Renegade Supermassive Black Hole
- 10 May 2017, 17:00 UTC Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula
- 2 May 2017, 17:12 UTC Scientists Find Giant Wave Rolling through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
- 28 Apr 2017, 15:38 UTC Is Dark Matter "Fuzzy"?
- 19 Apr 2017, 14:12 UTC The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart
- 30 Mar 2017, 18:06 UTC Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
- 13 Mar 2017, 17:10 UTC Star Discovered in Closest Known Orbit Around Likely Black Hole
- 24 Feb 2017, 15:10 UTC The Dawn of a New Era for Supernova 1987A
- 14 Feb 2017, 17:00 UTC Black-Hole-Powered Jets Forge Fuel for Star Formation
- 6 Feb 2017, 16:20 UTC A Tidal Disruption Event
- 18 Jan 2017, 19:08 UTC Chandra Images Show That Geometry Solves a Pulsar Puzzle
- 5 Jan 2017, 16:25 UTC Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy
- 5 Jan 2017, 16:24 UTC Deepest X-ray Image Ever Reveals Black Hole Treasure Trove
- 19 Dec 2016, 17:00 UTC Cosmic 'Winter' Wonderland
- 8 Dec 2016, 15:57 UTC Under Construction: Distant Galaxy Churning Out Stars at Remarkable Rate
- 21 Nov 2016, 18:54 UTC A Stellar Circle of Life
- 9 Nov 2016, 18:10 UTC Starvation Diet for Black Hole Dims Brilliant Galaxy
- 19 Oct 2016, 17:00 UTC Mysterious Cosmic Objects Erupting in X-rays Discovered
- 14 Oct 2016, 17:00 UTC Discovering the Treasures in Chandra's Archives
- 5 Oct 2016, 17:00 UTC X-ray Telescopes Find Evidence for Wandering Black Hole
- 8 Sep 2016, 17:04 UTC Young Magnetar Likely the Slowest Pulsar Ever Detected
- 30 Aug 2016, 15:49 UTC Record-breaking Galaxy Cluster Discovered
- 17 Aug 2016, 17:06 UTC Supernova Ejected from the Pages of History
- 10 Aug 2016, 17:00 UTC A Black Hole Story Told by a Cosmic Blob and Bubble
- 27 Jul 2016, 17:03 UTC Astronomers Gain New Insight into Magnetic Field of Sun and its Kin
- 14 Jul 2016, 17:00 UTC Chandra Finds Evidence for Violent Stellar Merger
- 27 Jun 2016, 15:08 UTC Clandestine Black Hole May Represent New Population
- 13 Jun 2016, 14:56 UTC Smaller Stars Pack Big X-ray Punch For Would-be Planets
- 24 May 2016, 17:00 UTC Chandra: NASA Telescopes Find Clues For How Giant Black Holes Formed So Quickly
- 12 May 2016, 17:57 UTC Chandra Movie Captures Expanding Debris From a Stellar Explosion
- 28 Apr 2016, 15:30 UTC "Russian Doll" Galaxy Clusters Reveal Information About Dark Energy
- 18 Apr 2016, 17:00 UTC Comets in the "X"-Treme
- 30 Mar 2016, 16:58 UTC Trigger for Milky Way's Youngest Supernova Identified
- 22 Mar 2016, 20:00 UTC Solar Storms Ignite 'Northern Lights' on Jupiter
- 10 Mar 2016, 17:00 UTC Telescopes Combine to Push Frontier on Galaxy Clusters
- 16 Feb 2016, 17:58 UTC Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet
- 2 Feb 2016, 16:00 UTC Blast from Black Hole in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
- 7 Jan 2016, 17:00 UTC Chandra: NASA's Great Observatories Weigh Massive Young Galaxy Cluster
- 5 Jan 2016, 15:29 UTC NASA's Chandra Finds Supermassive Black Hole Burping Nearby
- 21 Dec 2015, 18:00 UTC Chandra Finds Remarkable Galactic Ribbon Unfurled
- 10 Dec 2015, 18:57 UTC What Spawned the Jellyfish Nebula?
- 23 Nov 2015, 15:47 UTC Where Alice in Wonderland Meets Albert Einestein
- 12 Nov 2015, 17:56 UTC More Than Meets the Eye: Delta Orionis in Orion's Belt
- 21 Oct 2015, 17:12 UTC Destroyed Star Rains onto Black Hole, Winds Blow it Back
- 8 Oct 2015, 15:14 UTC Banking X-ray Data for the Future
- 30 Sep 2015, 15:05 UTC A Fresh Perspective on an Extraordinary Cluster of Galaxies
- 23 Sep 2015, 16:58 UTC Milky Way's Black Hole Shows Signs of Increased Chatter
- 26 Aug 2015, 15:04 UTC Chandra Data Suggest Giant Collision Triggered "Radio Phoenix"
- 11 Aug 2015, 17:00 UTC Oxymoronic Black Hole Provides Clues to Growth
- 23 Jul 2015, 13:58 UTC This summer, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will celebrate its own "sweet 16."
