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NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site
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A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in…

March 10, 2026
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Listen to This Month’s ‘Planetary Parade’ With NASA’s Chandra
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In late February, people in the Northern Hemisphere can look up for a special sight: six planets will all be…

February 25, 2026
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Young ‘Sun’ Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA’s Chandra
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For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy,…

February 23, 2026
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NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe
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A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster – among the largest structures in the universe –…

January 28, 2026
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NASA’s Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings
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Like a recording artist who has had a long career, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has a “back catalog” of cosmic recordings that…

January 23, 2026
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Supernova Remnant Video From NASA’s Chandra Is Decades in Making
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A new video shows the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more…

January 6, 2026
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NASA’s Chandra Rings in New Year With Champagne Cluster
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Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray…

December 30, 2025
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NASA IXPE’s Longest Observation Solves Black Hole Jets Mystery
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Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has identified the origin…

December 16, 2025
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NASA’s Chandra Finds Small Galaxies May Buck the Black Hole Trend
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Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent  study using NASA’s Chandra…

December 11, 2025
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Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics)
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Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the universe held together by gravity, containing up to several thousand individual…

December 9, 2025
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Black Hole Eats Star: NASA Missions Discover Record-Setting Blast
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Editor’s note, Dec. 11, 2025: This story was updated to include an additional partner’s research and related release. Astronomers have…

December 8, 2025
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NASA-JAXA XRISM Finds Elemental Bounty in Supernova Remnant
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For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a…

December 4, 2025
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Mapping Dark Matter
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This image released on June 30, 2025, combines data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory…

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

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NASA’s Chandra Finds Black Hole With Tremendous Growth
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A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a team of astronomers. This…

September 18, 2025
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An Eye-catching Star Cluster
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Westerlund 1, the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth, dazzles in this image released on July 23, 2025.…

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NASA’s Chandra Reveals Star’s Inner Conflict Before Explosion
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The inside of a star turned on itself before it spectacularly exploded, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra…

August 28, 2025
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X-ray and Radio go ‘Hand in Hand’ in New Image
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In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is shaped like…

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NASA’s Hubble, Chandra Spot Rare Type of Black Hole Eating a Star
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to identify a new possible example of a…

July 24, 2025
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NASA’s Chandra Finds Baby Exoplanet is Shrinking
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A baby planet is shrinking from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world, according…

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NASA’s Webb Finds Possible ‘Direct Collapse’ Black Hole
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Editor’s Note: This post highlights a combination of peer-reviewed results and data from Webb science in progress, which has not…

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