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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 telescope.
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Chandra Latest News
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Rare Explosion May Have Created Youngest Black Hole
02.13.13 - New data from Chandra suggests a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy.
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New Chandra Movie Features Neutron Star Action
01.07.13 - Chandra's deep look at a rapidly rotating neutron star may provide new insight into the nature of some of the densest matter in the universe.
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Just How Big Can Black Holes Get?
12.18.12 - Some of the biggest black holes in the universe may be even bigger than previously thought, according to data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Record-Setting X-ray Jet Discovered
11.28.12 - A jet of X-rays from a supermassive black hole 12.4 billion light years from Earth has been detected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Milky Way is Surrounded by Hot Gas Halo
09.24.12 - Chandra finds evidence that the Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years.
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Phoenix Cluster Sets Record Pace at Forming Stars
08.15.12 - Astronomers have found an extraordinary galaxy cluster, one of the largest objects in the universe, that is breaking several important cosmic records.
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Black Hole Growth Found to Be Out of Sync
06.11.12 - New evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory challenges prevailing ideas about how black holes grow in the centers of galaxies.
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Giant Black Hole Kicked Out of Home Galaxy
06.04.12 - Astronomers have found strong evidence that a massive black hole is being ejected from its host galaxy at a speed of several million miles per hour.
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Black Hole Caught Red-Handed in a Stellar Homicide
05.03.12 - Chandra studies the hot gas from a star being ripped apart by tidal forces as it falls into a black hole.
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Chandra Sees Remarkable Outburst From Old Black Hole
04.30.12 - An extraordinary outburst by a black hole in a nearby galaxy has provided direct evidence for a population of old, volatile stellar black holes.
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Chandra Finds Fastest Wind From Stellar-Mass Black Hole
02.21.12 - Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have clocked the fastest wind yet discovered blowing off a disk around a stellar-mass black hole.
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Black Hole Grazes on Asteroids
02.08.12 - The giant black hole at the Milky Way center may be devouring asteroids.
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Chandra Finds Largest Galaxy Cluster in Early Universe
01.10.12 - An exceptional galaxy cluster, the largest seen in the distant universe, has been found using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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A Stellar Birth Announcement
11.17.11 - New details about the birth of a famous black hole that took place millions of years ago have been uncovered.
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Star Blasts Planet With X-rays
09.13.11 - A nearby star is pummeling a companion planet with a barrage of X-rays 100,000 times more intense than the Earth receives from the sun.