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.

Earth’s tilt is what causes the seasons; in the summer, when our planet’s pole is tipped toward the sun, the days are longer, and the true sun’s daily path across the sky is higher. The opposite is ...

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

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.

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Chandra Grahan 2024: Date The last lunar eclipse of 2024 will occur on September 18, ... During an eclipse, the Moon is slightly nearer to Earth due to its slightly oval-shaped orbit.