• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 23rd, 2009
Happy 10th Birthday, Chandra

Happy 10th Birthday, Chandra

The telescope observes the Universe in X-rays

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 29th, 2009
Black Hole 'Ghost' Revealed by the Chandra Telescope

Black Hole 'Ghost' Revealed by the Chandra Telescope

The formation has been noticed in X-ray wavelengths

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 30th, 2009
Chandra Readings Point the Source of Milky Way's X-Ray Belt

Chandra Readings Point the Source of Milky Way's X-Ray Belt

The radiation comes from thousands of sources

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 28th, 2009
Hubble Hints at How the First Galaxies Formed

Hubble Hints at How the First Galaxies Formed

A new survey has yielded the finds

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 15th, 2009
Black Hole Creates 'Fireworks' in Space

Black Hole Creates 'Fireworks' in Space

It emits gas jets 90 times brighter than usual

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 7th, 2009
Small Black Holes Can Regulate Themselves

Small Black Holes Can Regulate Themselves

A feat never before thought possible

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 4th, 2009
Hubble Images Colliding Galaxies

Hubble Images Colliding Galaxies

The target was chosen in an online voting session

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 4th, 2009
Small Pulsar Generates 150 Light-Year-Wide Nebula

Small Pulsar Generates 150 Light-Year-Wide Nebula

It has only 12 miles in diameter

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 26th, 2009
Unusual Black Hole Regulates Itself

Unusual Black Hole Regulates Itself

It shuts down the particle jets it produces

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 27th, 2009
200 Million-Year-Old Pulsar Remains Active

200 Million-Year-Old Pulsar Remains Active

It's currently observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 30th, 2009
Telescopes Capture Supermassive Black Hole Eruption

Telescopes Capture Supermassive Black Hole Eruption

Several observatories contributed to the find

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 8th, 2009
Cassiopeia A Metamorphosis Sheds Light on Supernova Evolution

Cassiopeia A Metamorphosis Sheds Light on Supernova Evolution

The remnants are now being viewed in 3D

New X-ray Nanomirror Developed at MIT

New X-ray Nanomirror Developed at MIT

The device could make X-ray telescopes at least five times more powerful

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • May 20th, 2008
Millions Spent, Gravity Probe B Fails to Impress

Millions Spent, Gravity Probe B Fails to Impress

The mission will terminate by September

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • January 24th, 2008
Mysterious Westerlund 2 Star Cluster Photographed by Chandra

Mysterious Westerlund 2 Star Cluster Photographed by Chandra

The youngest star cluster in the galaxy

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • October 26th, 2007
Chandra Reveals New Details of Star's Afterlife

Chandra Reveals New Details of Star's Afterlife

Supernova remanents containing high amouts of oxygen discovered

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • May 30th, 2007
Cosmic Suburbs Are Full of Action

Cosmic Suburbs Are Full of Action

First time mapping of a mega-structure in the distant universe

 
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