New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky — the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A —…

In the year 1181 a rare supernova explosion appeared in the night sky, staying visible for 185 consecutive days. Historical records show…

This image shows a quasar, a rapidly growing supermassive black hole, which is not achieving what astronomers would expect from it, as…

Three new sonifications of images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have been released in conjunction with a…

Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded in the system known as SDSS J1531+3414…

This artist’s illustration depicts the findings of a new study about the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy called…

In October 2017, for the first time, astronomers observed light and gravitational waves from the same source.

Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have discovered X-ray activity that sheds light on the evolution…

These four images represent a sample of galaxy clusters that are part of the largest and most complete study to learn what…

For the first time astronomers have combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope to study the well-known supernova…

Experts will discuss new research from NASA missions at the 243rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), on topics…

A colorful, festive image shows different types of light containing the remains of not one, but at least two, exploded…

This new image of NGC 2264, also known as the “Christmas Tree Cluster,” shows the shape of a cosmic tree…

A group of dead stars known as “spider pulsars” are obliterating companion stars within their reach. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of the globular…

For millennia, musicians have looked to the heavens for inspiration. Now a new collaboration is enabling actual data from NASA telescopes to…

Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet seen in X-rays, using NASA telescopes. The black hole is at…

In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays and used them to image the bones in his wife’s hand, kicking off a…

A new time-lapse sequence shows Eta Carinae as it changes over time from 1999 to 2020.

A quintet of images made from different types of light — including X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory — has…

Astronomers have made an unprecedented forensic study of a star that was torn apart when it ventured too close to…

Three new sonifications of data from Chandra and other NASA telescopes have been released.