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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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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.
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Nearest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
08.31.11 - Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory discover the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way.
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Chandra Observes Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole
07.27.11 - The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time, using images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Massive Black Holes Common in Early Universe
06.15.11 - Astronomers have found the first direct evidence that massive black holes were common in the early universe.
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NASA Announces Televised Black Hole Press Conference
06.08.11 - NASA will hold a press conference at 1:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 15, to discuss new discoveries about giant black holes in the early universe.
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Nearby Supernova Factory Ramps Up
05.24.11 - The Carina Nebula -- a local "supernova factory" -- has recently started production, according to new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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The Crab Nebula in Action
05.11.11 - A 'dog that did not bark' helps to solve a mystery in the Crab Nebula.
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An Unprecedented Explosion
04.07.11 - Swift, Hubble and Chandra have teamed up to study one of the most puzzling cosmic blasts ever observed.
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2011 Einstein Fellows Chosen
03.29.11 - NASA has announced the selection of the 2011 Einstein Fellows who will conduct research related to NASA's Physics of the Cosmos program.