Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has identified the origin…

Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent  study using NASA’s Chandra…

Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the universe held together by gravity, containing up to several thousand individual…

Editor’s note, Dec. 11, 2025: This story was updated to include an additional partner’s research and related release. Astronomers have…

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a…

This image released on June 30, 2025, combines data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory…

Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope combine to reveal an otherworldly view of the…

A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a team of astronomers. This…

Westerlund 1, the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth, dazzles in this image released on July 23, 2025.…

The inside of a star turned on itself before it spectacularly exploded, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra…

In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is shaped like…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to identify a new possible example of a…

A baby planet is shrinking from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world, according…

Editor’s Note: This post highlights a combination of peer-reviewed results and data from Webb science in progress, which has not…

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a…

A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe, according to a new study from…

New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have captured a rare cosmic event: two galaxy clusters have…

Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving fresh clues about the origin of a new…

NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our…

Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found “Space Jaws.” Lurking 600 million light-years…

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic “bone” in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA’s Chandra…