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Unexpectedly Calm and Remote Galaxy Cluster Discovered

The discovery of the most distant galaxy cluster with a specific important trait...

New Stellar Danger to Planets Identified by NASA's Chandra

Astronomers have determined supernova explosions pose yet another threat to plan...

Chandra Determines What Makes a Galaxy's Wind Blow

NGC 253 shows the effect of powerful winds being launched in opposite directions...

NASA's Chandra Discovers Giant Black Holes on Collision...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory helped identify two pairs of dwarf galaxies on ...

The Enduring Stellar Lifecycle in 30 Doradus

The "Tarantula Nebula" (officially known as 30 Doradus) is available in a compos...

Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers

Astronomers have gauged how fast a supermassive black hole is spinning inside a ...

NASA’s Chandra Catches Pulsar in X-ray Speed Trap

A young pulsar is blazing through the Milky Way at a speed of over a million mil...

Sagittarius A*: NASA Telescopes Support Event Horizon T...

Multiple telescopes, including Chandra, observed the Milky Way's giant black hol...

Black Holes Raze Thousands of Stars to Fuel Growth

Astronomers have found evidence for the destruction of thousands of stars in mul...

Feasting Black Holes Caught in Galactic Spiderweb

Often, a spiderweb conjures the idea of captured prey soon to be consumed by a w...

Chandra Sees Stellar X-rays Exceeding Safety Limits

Astronomers have made the most extensive study yet of how magnetically active st...

Setting the Clock on a Stellar Explosion

A new image of SNR 0519-69.0 shows the debris of a star that exploded several hu...

NASA Telescopes Capture Stellar Delivery Service for Bl...

Astronomers may have witnessed a galaxy’s black hole delivery system in action. ...

Zeta Ophiuchi: A Star With a Complicated Past

Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from...

Embracing a Rejected Star

Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from...

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