All Entries Tagged With: "Chandra X-ray Observatory"
Ancient supernova seen in a new light
Stellar explosion seen almost 2,000 years ago was the result of an overloaded star.
Take a tour of the Crab Nebula
Vast supernova remnant harbours a magnetised neutron star, a pulsar, that emits ‘superflares’.
Black holes born soon after Big Bang
First direct evidence that black holes existed when the Universe was very young.
The Case of the Cosmic Crab
Famous Crab Nebula keeps astronomers guessing after emitting ‘superflares’
Black hole in the ‘Eye of Sauron’
Supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy lives in a hot and violent place.
‘Weird science’ of neutron stars
Superfluid, superconducting and super-dense, and they defy the laws of gravity.
Giant ring of black holes
Collision between galaxies has spawned a wave of black hole birth.
Stellar cannibal hides it age well
A star that ate another star could be making a new generation of planets.
Galactic super-volcano in action
Black hole inside galaxy M87 is blasting away gas that would otherwise form stars.
Black hole blowing bubbles
Giant gas bubble is being inflated by jets of particles from a black hole.
