Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound by ...

NASA released 25 new pictures in honor of the Chandra telescope's ... traveling as close as 6,000 miles and as far as 86,400 miles from the Earth on its 64-hour orbit. Chandra is outfitted with ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory marked its 25th anniversary with a release of never-before-seen images. But budget cuts may cause the observatory’s days to be numbered.

Chandra almost didn't make it to orbit on a dramatic launch of space shuttle Columbia 25 years ago. Stephen Clark – Jul 24, 2024 5:50 pm | 168 Artist's illustration of the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Chandra was launched in the 90s along with the optical and ultraviolet Hubble Space Telescope, ... deemed “the most powerful X-ray facility in orbit” from a recent NASA senior review, ...

Perched in orbit more than a third of the way to the moon, the Chandra Observatory is the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built. Since its launch in 1999, Chandra has allowed scientists to peer ...

An illustration of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in a high orbit around Earth. Launched in 1999, Chandra remains a critical tool for x-ray astronomy—but budget cuts may soon draw its mission ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory, ... From its first images sent back from outer orbit 25 years ago, they were able to see that the rays were coming from specific spots in the sky, ...

NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE, BYLINE: The Chandra X-ray Observatory has been in orbit for a quarter century. It was 25 years ago today that the bus-sized instrument went up in one of NASA's Space Shuttles.