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-Images of spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies that show X-ray sources associated with collapsed stars and star formation.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
11 Jan 24
A sample of very bright and massive galaxy clusters from 3.4 to 9.9 billion light-years from Earth.
20 Jun 23
(Sombrero Galaxy)
Three new translations of data into sound of R Aquarii, Stephan’s Quintet, and M104.
06 Jun 23
A group of galaxies at the edge of the Coma Cluster about 340 million light-years away.
30 Jun 22
A quasar with a supermassive black hole about 3.4 billion light years away.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
27 May 21
A new survey extending about 700 light years above and below the center of the Milky Way.
02 Sep 20
A sample of multiwavelength images with data from Chandra and other telescopes.
02 Jun 20
The center of the Milky Way galaxy located about 26,000 light years from Earth.
23 Jul 19
A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.
23 Jul 19
A collection of images including Chandra data that range in object type and distance.
21 Mar 19
A region at the center of the Milky Way located about 26,000 light years from Earth.
14 Mar 19
(Teacup Quasar)
A quasar located about 1.1 billion light years from Earth.
19 Apr 17
Centaurus Cluster: A cluster of galaxies located about 145 million light years from Earth.
08 Dec 16
A galaxy undergoing extreme star formation about 12.7 billion light years from Earth.
05 Jan 16
A small galaxy merging with a larger spiral galaxy about 26 million light years from Earth.
25 Feb 15
A galaxy about 100 million light years away with an intermediate-mass black hole in one of its spiral arms.
22 Jan 15
(M51)
Five objects at various distances that have been observed by Chandra
08 Oct 14
A source with unusual pulsations in the M82 galaxy about 11.4 million light years from Earth.
23 Apr 14
Four images of galaxies that have been made using data from both amateur and professional telescopes.
23 Apr 14
Four images of galaxies that have been made using data from both amateur and professional telescopes.
23 Apr 14
(M51)
Four images of galaxies that have been made using data from both amateur and professional telescopes.
14 Aug 13
A giant cloud of superheated gas that is likely caused by a collision between galaxies.
13 Dec 12
This composite image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3627, located about 30 million light years from Earth.
24 Sep 12
An enormous halo of hot gas (in blue) around the Milky Way galaxy with a radius of at least 300,000 light years.
30 Jul 12
A young supernova remnant in the spiral galaxy M83, which is located about 15 million light years from Earth.
09 May 12
Galaxies produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes.
17 Feb 10
(Andromeda Galaxy)
One of six galaxies in a study to examine properties of Type Ia supernovas.
04 Jan 10
An elliptical galaxy in the Fornax cluster that contains an ultraluminous X-ray source.
10 Dec 09
A pair of colliding galaxies at a distance of about 180 million light years from Earth.
10 Nov 09
The core of the Milky Way at a distance of some 26,000 light years from Earth.
22 Sep 09
A 400 by 900 light-year mosaic of images located about 26,000 light years from Earth.
29 Apr 09
A ridge-like structure near the center of the Milky Way of X-ray emission discovered by earlier telescopes.
24 Nov 08
A large spiral galaxy about 25 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
16 Jul 08
The elliptical galaxy NGC 4649 reveals diffuse hot gas dotted with many point-like sources.
10 Jan 08
A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.
10 Jan 08
A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.
10 Jan 08
A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.
10 Jan 08
A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.
17 Oct 07
A binary system in the galaxy M33 where a large companion star is in orbit around a black hole.
30 Apr 07
(Sombrero Galaxy)
Sombrero (M104) is one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo cluster, about 28 million light years from Earth.
12 Apr 07
Observations of the galaxy NGC 1365 have captured an eclipse of the supermassive black hole at its center.
03 Jan 07
Astronomers have found a black hole where few thought they could ever exist, inside a globular star cluster.
05 Jun 06
(Andromeda Galaxy)
This color-coded Chandra image shows the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy.
24 Apr 06
A galaxy 12 million light years from Earth that is undergoing a burst of star formation.
06 Mar 06
This X-ray/optical composite image shows multimillion degree gas rising above the disk of stars and cooler gas.
07 Apr 05
Observations of an ancient galaxy group in which the large galaxies merged to form one central giant galaxy.
25 Jan 05
A starburst galaxy located in galaxy cluster Abell 1367, about 300 million light years away.
07 Jan 04
This montage of Chandra images shows a pair of interacting galaxies known as The Antennae.
01 Oct 03
(NGC 4406)
Image of M86 shows gas being swept out of the galaxy to form a long tail more than 200,000 light years in length.
03 Sep 03
Two galaxies in the Virgo galaxy cluster that are more than 100,000 light years apart.
22 Oct 02
An elliptical galaxy located about 80 million light years from Earth in the Constellation Cetus.
04 Jun 02
The elliptical galaxy NGC 4649 reveals diffuse hot gas dotted with many point-like sources.
04 Jun 02
The elliptical galaxy NGC 1553 reveals diffuse hot gas dotted with many point-like sources.
04 Jun 02
The elliptical galaxy NGC 4697 reveals diffuse hot gas dotted with many point-like sources.
07 May 02
Arp 270 shows two galaxies about 90 million light years from Earth in the early stage of a merger.
19 Apr 02
Arp 220 gives new insight into what happens when two galaxies the size of the Milky Way collide.
09 Jan 02
A 400 by 900 light-year mosaic of images located about 25,000 light years from Earth.
09 Jan 02
Observations of a region of the Galactic Center found an X-ray filament and cloud.
19 Dec 01
Chandra's image of the elliptical NGC 4636 shows spectacular symmetric arms, or arcs, of hot gas.
12 Oct 01
(Andromeda Galaxy)
Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope images of two recently detected emitting globular star clusters.
09 Aug 01
A portion of the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation Scutum.
05 Jun 01
This Chandra X-ray image shows the central regions of two colliding galaxies known collectively as "The Antennae."
05 Jun 01
This Chandra image shows a population of point-like "ultraluminous" X-ray sources in M82.
05 Jun 01
A plume of 5 million degree gas in the central region of the galaxy extending above and below the disk of the galaxy.
14 Jan 00
(Andromeda Galaxy)
Our nearest neighbor spiral galaxy at a distance of two million light years.
Revised: September 19, 2024