Supernovas are the explosive deaths of the universe’s most massive stars. In death, these objects blast powerful waves into the cosmos, destroying much of the dust surrounding them. […]
A giant black hole ripped apart a star and then gorged on its remains for about a decade, according to astronomers. This is more than ten times longer than any observed episode of a star’s death by black hole […]
Evidence for powerful blasts produced by a giant black hole has been discovered using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. […]
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the largest and brightest set of rings from X-ray light echoes ever observed. […]
Because the debris fields of exploded stars, known as supernova remnants, are very hot, energetic, and glow brightly in X-ray light, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has proven to be a valuable tool in studying them. […]
The Chandra X-ray observatory has found evidence of a huge halo of hot gas surrounding the Milky Way galaxy. […]
NASA’s Chandra X-ray space observatory discovers new supermassive black hole. […]
Images of supernova remnant W49B detected by the Chandra X-ray observatory may contain the most recent black hole in the Milky Way. […]
