All Entries Tagged With: "Chandra X-ray Observatory"
Video: Mystery X-ray source in distant galaxy
Ultraluminous X-ray emission could be a giveaway for a new class of black hole.
Inside-out exploding star
Why did a star turn itself inside out when it blasted itself to bits?
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.
