Now, a group of astronomers used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large ... The black hole eats the warm gas by drawing it in. This causes a reaction in the black hole ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. See 25 'never-before-seen' images from the observatory to mark the anniversary. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.

Using NASA's Chandra observatory and Europe's XMM-Newton spacecraft, astronomers may have solved a 45-year-old cold case. The team of cosmic homicide detectives determined a strange X-ray signal ...

Scientists used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to capture this vibrant view. The image reveals thousands of young ...

The research team, led by Steven Dillmann of Stanford University was scouring decades-old data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory when it spotted a powerful (but brief) blast of X-rays coming ...

Researchers also specula... NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have unveiled stunning new images of two star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud. NGC 602 ...

An annual event over recent years, the I Heart Pluto Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona, celebrates the history, heritage, and cutting-edge astronomy at Lowell Observatory. On Feb. 18, 1930 ...

The Mount Washington Observatory recorded a gust of 161 mph, the highest daily peak gust since February 2019, when winds reached 171 mph. The peak gust is also tied for the 19th highest daily gust ...

A Falcon 9 lifted off from California with the SPHEREx near-infrared observatory, with the PUNCH heliophysics mission flying as a rideshare. During its mission, SPHEREx will complete surveys of ...

Analyzing the data collected by powerful x-ray telescopes including NASA's Chandra observatory, the astronomers found evidence that there was once a Jupiter-sized planet at an even closer orbit — this ...