XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab The two space agencies of Japan and the United States are prepping for a major launch ...
The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope. It has eight-times greater resolution and is able to detect sources more than 20-times fainter than any previous X-ray ...
It’s not as well known as the Hubble or Webb, but Chandra illuminates high-heat and high-energy cosmic events such as supernovas, explains program manager Megan Lin. NASA may begin to wind it down in ...
Captured through the powerful lens of X-ray telescopes, the ethereal expanse of a pulsar wind nebula is revealed in unprecedented detail. Reading time 2 minutes Move over, Pillars of Creation—there’s ...
Astronomers have taken a fresh look at the famous “Hand of God” pulsar, combining X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra Observatory with new radio observations from the Australia Telescope Compact Array. At ...
NASA has unveiled a dazzling new collection of cosmic images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing spectacular stellar, nebular and galactic activity in unprecedented detail. The collection ...
The most powerful X-ray telescope ever built has reached its landmark 25th anniversary in space — but back on Earth, astronomers worry that its future is very much in doubt. Supporters of the Chandra ...
XRISM’s Xtend telescope captured the first X-ray image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing a faint X-ray glow and ...
NASA's budget proposal would basically axe the most powerful X-ray telescope in the world, and astronomers are scrambling to save it. NASA officials are making tough decisions as they face budget cuts ...
The Chandra X-ray Observatory, one of four great space telescopes NASA launched in the 1990s, revolutionized our understanding of the universe from the moment it first began recording X-rays ‒ the ...
The two space agencies of Japan and the United States are prepping for a major launch Saturday, August 26, that promises to fundamentally alter our perspective of the cosmos. Exploding stars, ...
The most powerful X-ray telescope ever built has reached its landmark 25th anniversary in space — but back on Earth, astronomers worry that its future is very much in doubt. Supporters of the Chandra ...