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 1 Feb 2012, 19:50 UTC
Latest News
- 1 Feb 2012, 19:00 UTC Remnant of an Explosion With a Powerful Kick?
- 10 Jan 2012, 16:00 UTC NASA's Chandra Finds Largest Galaxy Cluster in Early Universe
- 20 Dec 2011, 17:00 UTC Celestial Bauble Intrigues Astronomers
- 13 Dec 2011, 17:00 UTC A Galaxy Cluster Gets Sloshed
- 17 Nov 2011, 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra Adds to Black Hole Birth Announcement
- 10 Nov 2011, 17:00 UTC 30 Doradus and The Growing Tarantula Within
- 26 Oct 2011, 17:00 UTC CXC: NASA Telescopes Help Solve Ancient Supernova Mystery
- 25 Oct 2011, 17:00 UTC Close Encounters of the Galactic Kind
- 12 Oct 2011, 16:00 UTC A Middle-Aged Supernova Remnant
- 28 Sep 2011, 16:45 UTC Living the High Life
- 13 Sep 2011, 16:24 UTC Star Blasts Planet With X-rays
- 31 Aug 2011, 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra Finds Nearest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
- 11 Aug 2011, 16:00 UTC A Cosmic Exclamation Point
- 26 Jul 2011, 12:05 UTC Chandra Images Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole
- 13 Jul 2011, 17:00 UTC A Pulsar and its Mysterious Tail
- 22 Jun 2011, 17:00 UTC Pandora's Cluster Revealed
- 15 Jun 2011, 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra Finds Massive Black Holes Common in Early Universe
- 24 May 2011, 17:00 UTC Nearby Supernova Factory Ramps Up
- 11 May 2011, 17:00 UTC The Crab in Action & The Case of The Dog That Did Not Bark
- 26 Apr 2011, 17:00 UTC NASA'S Chandra Finds New Evidence on Origin of Supernovas
- 13 Apr 2011, 17:00 UTC Hunting for the Milky Way's Heaviest Stars
- 7 Apr 2011, 15:53 UTC Chandra Observes Extraordinary Event
- 24 Mar 2011, 17:00 UTC Exploding Stars and Stripes
- 10 Mar 2011, 17:00 UTC An Active Black Hole in the "Eye of Sauron"
- 23 Feb 2011, 17:00 UTC A supernova remnant about 11,000 light years away.
- 9 Feb 2011, 17:00 UTC Giant Ring of Black Holes
- 13 Jan 2011, 17:00 UTC Chandra Images Torrent of Star Formation
- 12 Jan 2011, 17:00 UTC Taking the Pulse of a Black Hole System
- 10 Jan 2011, 17:00 UTC A Surprisingly Close Look at the Early Cosmos
- 20 Dec 2010, 17:00 UTC How Often do Giant Black Holes Become Hyperactive?
- 14 Dec 2010, 17:00 UTC Supernova Bubble Resembles Holiday Ornament
- 8 Dec 2010, 17:00 UTC An Intergalactic Weather Map
- 15 Nov 2010, 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra Finds Youngest Nearby Black Hole
- 26 Oct 2010, 17:00 UTC Precocious Galaxy Cluster Identified by Chandra
- 14 Oct 2010, 17:00 UTC What Lies Beneath? Magnetar Enigma Deepens
- 5 Oct 2010, 17:00 UTC Pushing the Envelope
- 14 Sep 2010, 17:00 UTC Chandra Finds Evidence for Stellar Cannibalism
- 8 Sep 2010, 17:00 UTC The Heart of a Rose
- 30 Aug 2010, 17:00 UTC Cluster Collisions Switch on Radio Halos
- 18 Aug 2010, 17:00 UTC Galactic Super-volcano in Action
- 21 Jul 2010, 17:00 UTC Black Hole Jerked Around Twice
- 30 Jun 2010, 17:00 UTC A Black Hole Slingshot?
- 9 Jun 2010, 17:00 UTC A Close-up View of Codependent Stellar Living
- 24 May 2010, 17:00 UTC Stellar Shrapnel Seen in Aftermath of Explosion
- 11 May 2010, 17:00 UTC X-ray Discovery Points to Location of Missing Matter
- 29 Apr 2010, 17:00 UTC "Survivor" Black Holes May Be Mid-Sized
- 14 Apr 2010, 17:00 UTC Einstein's Theory Fights off Challengers
- 29 Mar 2010, 17:00 UTC Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
- 3 Mar 2010, 17:00 UTC Winds of Change: How Black Holes May Shape Galaxies
- 17 Feb 2010, 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra Reveals Origin of Key Cosmic Explosions
