When a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs in the universe, it emits X-rays, which are high-energy light particles that aren’t visible to the naked eye. These ...

I’m an astrophysicist mapping the universe with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Clear, sharp photos help me study energetic black holes Giuseppina Fabbiano When a star is born or dies, or ...

WASHINGTON — Ten years ago, on July 23, 1999, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia and deployed into orbit. Chandra has doubled its original five-year ...

What: NASA is preparing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of “first light” for the Chandra X-ray Observatory — its first use to capture astronomical imagery on Aug. 19, 1999. On Aug. 12, key Chandra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 23, 1999, the space shuttle Columbia launched into orbit to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This space telescope can ...

NASA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Chandra X-ray Observatory launch by sharing never-before-seen photos of the largest known spiral galaxy in the universe. The Chandra X-ray observatory ...

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

Images and spectra—charts showing the distribution of light across different wavelengths from an object—are the two main ways astronomers investigate the universe. Images tell them what things look ...

Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster's black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound ...

The "Tarantula Nebula" (officially known as 30 Doradus) is a region of active star formation located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor galaxy of the Milky Way ...

When a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs in the universe, it emits X-rays, which are high-energy light particles that aren't visible to the naked eye. These ...

When a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs in the universe, it emits X-rays, which are high-energy light particles that aren’t visible to the naked eye. These ...