Chandra X-ray Observatory News

Releases

Date	Title	Organization
Oct. 26, 2004	Chandra's find of lonely halo raises questions about dark matter	CXC
Oct. 7, 2004	NASA's observatories may unravel 400-year old supernova mystery	CXC
Sept. 24, 2004	The mouse that soared	CXC
Sept. 9, 2004	Motions in nearby galaxy cluster reveal presence of hidden superstructure	CXC
Aug. 24, 2004	Deepest image of exploded star uncovers bipolar jets	CXC
Aug. 13, 2004	Chandra catches early phase of cosmic assembly	CXC
Aug. 12, 2004	Dark energy, black holes and exploding stars: NASA's Chandra Observatory marks five years of scientific achievement	CXC
July 28, 2004	Chandra sheds new light on McNeil's Nebula	CXC
July 7, 2004	Chandra looks over a cosmic four-leaf clover	CXC
June 22, 2004	Chandra turns up the heat in the Milky Way center	CXC
June 2, 2004	Smoking gun found for gamma-ray burst in Milky Way	CXC
May 18, 2004	Chandra opens new line of investigation on dark energy	CXC
May 10, 2004	Giant galaxy's violent past comes into focus	CXC
Apr. 20, 2004	Chandra reveals two faces of supernova power	CXC
Apr. 5, 2004	Titan casts revealing shadow	CXC
Mar. 24, 2004	Chandra finds magnesium in remains of exploded star	CXC
Mar. 8, 2004	X-rays from Saturn pose puzzles	CXC
Mar. 1, 2004	Enigmatic X-ray sources may point to new class of black holes	CXC
Feb. 18, 2004	Giant black hole rips apart unlucky star in cosmic reality show	CXC
Jan. 30, 2004	Star shows it has the right stuff	CXC
Jan. 7, 2004	Chandra locates mother lode of planetary ore in colliding galaxies	CXC
Jan. 6, 2004	Too fast, too furious: a galaxy's fatal plunge	CXC
Jan. 5, 2004	Images from Hubble's ACS tell a tale of two record-breaking galaxy clusters	CXC
Dec. 19, 2003	Chandra reveals glowing shell created by massive star's destruction	CXC
Devc. 8, 2003	Trail of black holes and neutron stars points to ancient collision	CXC
Nov. 17, 2003	Most distant X-ray jet yet discovered provides clues to big bang	CXC
Nov. 13, 2003	Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) update	CXC
Oct. 28, 2003	Chandra captures spiral galaxy's violent, restless nature	CXC
Oct. 14, 2003	Massive stars lead short, spectacular lives	CXC
Oct. 7, 2003	Chandra reveals galaxy's loss is cluster's gain	CXC
Sept. 17, 2003	'Iron-clad' evidence for spinning black hole	CXC
Sept. 16, 2003	Lunar prospecting with Chandra	CXC
Sept. 15, 2003	Distant galaxies, black holes and other celestial phenomena: NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory marks four years of discovery firsts	CXC
Sept. 11, 2003	Cosmic X-ray flashes reveal their distance	CXC
Sept. 9, 2003	Chandra 'hears' a black hole for the first time	CXC
Aug. 19, 2003	Chandra reveals X-ray flow in Horseshoe Nebula	CXC
July 30, 2003	Close encounters of the stellar kind	CXC
July 11, 2003	Chandra reveals wind and reflections from a black hole	CXC
June 30, 2003	Chandra catches whipping firehose-like jet in action	CXC
June 19, 2003	Chandra and Hubble harvest new clues to origin of universe	CXC
June 12, 2003	Chandra offers hot news for cold dark matter	CXC
May 27, 2003	Chandra detects oxygen supply inside exploding star	CXC
May 27, 2003	Chandra data can determine star's planet-forming possibilities	CXC
May 27, 2003	Chandra survey complicates hunt for mid-mass black holes	CXC
May 21, 2003	Chandra provides new view of biggest construction sites in universe	CXC
May 8, 2003	Chandra, optical image shows interaction in compact galaxy group	CXC
April 24, 2003	Chandra, radio image offers detailed look at jet in Centaurus A	CXC
April 14, 2003	Chandra detects X-rays from lightweight brown dwarf	CXC
Mar. 24, 2003	Chandra confirms gamma-ray burst and supernova connection	CXC
Mar. 12, 2003	Chandra image reveals supernova origin	CXC
Feb. 27, 2003	Chandra finds cocoon inside Black Widow's web	CXC
Feb. 14, 2003	Chandra image reveals heart-shaped cloud of gas	CXC
Jan. 22, 2003	Chandra Observatory reveals spiral galaxy's boisterous activity	CXC
Jan. 6, 2003	Milky Way monster stars in cosmic reality show	CXC
Dec. 18, 2002	Chandra finds young star cluster aglow with mysterious cloud	CXC
Dec. 12, 2002	Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals pileup on cosmic speedway	CXC
Nov. 19, 2002	Chandra spots active binary black hole	CXC
Nov. 8, 2002	Revealing Chandra image shows Mars glows in X-rays	CXC
Oct. 24, 2002	Keith Hefner of NASA's Marshall Center named program manager for Chandra X-ray Observatory	CXC
Oct. 22, 2002	Chandra casts cloud on alternative to dark matter	CXC
Oct. 3, 2002	Chandra captures evolution of black hole X-ray jets	CXC
Sept. 19, 2002	'Space movie' reveals Crab pulsar's shocking secrets	CXC
Sept. 13, 2002	Chandra finds surprising black hole activity in old galaxies	CXC
Sept. 9, 2002	Chandra reveals details of Tycho's Supernova Remnant	CXC
Aug. 29, 2002	Most powerful X-ray telescope marks third anniversary Black holes, planetary mysteries and hidden matter revealed by NASA�s Chandra X-ray Observatory	CXC
Aug. 21, 2002	Unique propulsion system boosts Chandra's high-flying success	CXC
Aug. 16, 2002	Talk to an expert about the amazing discoveries made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory	CXC
Aug. 7, 2002	Chandra reveals remains of giant eruption	CXC
July 23, 2002	Chandra discovers dwarf galaxies give universe breath of fresh oxygen	CXC
July 16, 2002	NASA extends Chandra contract with Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	CXC
July 1, 2002	Chandra discovers high-energy activity heating up the 'whirlpool'	CXC
June 25, 2002	Scientists observe light fighting to escape black hole�s pull	CXC
June 25, 2002	Astronomers discover 'bulls-eye' pulsar in supernova remnant	CXC
June 6, 2002	Chandra detects first possible evidence of gravity's effect on neutron star's radiation	CXC
June 4, 2002	Black holes in distant galaxies point to wild youth, Chandra discovers	CXC
May 30, 2002	Marshall Center engineers share secrets of Chandra's darkness-dodging orbit	NASA
May 22, 2002	Chandra captures remnant of star-shattering explosion	CXC
May 8, 2002	Chandra offers glimpse of merging galaxies	CXC
April 23, 2002	Chandra offers close-up view of star formation	CXC
April 22, 2002	When galaxies collide: Chandra observes titanic merger	CXC
April 10, 2002	Cosmic X-rays reveal evidence for new form of matter	CXC
April 8, 2002	Chandra sheds new light on 'Coma Cluster' of galaxies	CXC
Mar. 28 , 2002	Chandra finds well-established black holes in distant quasars	CXC
Mar. 13, 2002	Twin quasars tango � and it's no mirage	CXC
Feb. 27, 2002	Jupiter hot spot makes trouble for theory	CXC
Feb. 7, 2002	Chandra scores a double bonus with a distant quasar	CXC
Jan. 30, 2002	Chandra reveals plume-like feature in Centaurus galaxy cluster	CXC
Jan. 9, 2002	Chandra takes in bright lights, big city of Milky Way	CXC
Jan. 8, 2002	Chandra finds ghosts of eruption in galaxy cluster	CXC
Dec. 19, 2001	Hot galactic arms point to vicious cycle	CXC
Nov. 29, 2001	Chandra captures Venus in a whole new light	CXC
Nov. 26, 2001	What if our Sun had a twin? Chandra gives us clues	CXC
Oct. 23, 2001	Chandra looks at the aftermath of a massive star explosion	CXO
Oct. 19, 2001	X-ray emissions detected from elusive cosmic objects	CXO
Oct. 12, 2001	M31: Closer look reveals Andromeda's black hole not as "cool" as believed	CXO
Sept. 6, 2001	Young pulsar reveals clues to supernova	CXO
Sept. 6, 2001	Chandra discovers eruption and pulsation in nova outburst	CXO
Sept. 6, 2001	Chandra examines quadrillion-volt pulsar	CXO
Sept. 6, 2001	Chandra probes nature of dark matter	CXO
Sept. 5, 2001	Chandra catches Milky Way monster snacking	CXO
Sept. 4, 2001	NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory marks two years of important discoveries	CXO
Aug. 9, 2001	Astronomers go behind the Milky Way to solve X-ray mystery	CXO
Jul. 18, 2001	Chandra detects halo of hot gas around Milky Way-like galaxy	CXO
June 6, 2001	Chandra captures first X-rays from young planetary nebula	CXO
June 6, 2001	Star factory near galactic center bathed in high-energy X-rays	CXO
June 5, 2001	Chandra sees wealth of black holes in star-forming galaxies	CXO
May 29, 2001	A quasar�s identity may simply be in the eye of the beholder	CXO
May 17, 2001	Chandra reveals nest of tight binaries in dense cluster	CXO
May 14, 2001	Chandra examines black holes large and small in nearby galaxy	CXO
May 7, 2001	Chandra pinpoints edge of accretion disk around black hole	CXO
April 4, 2001	Gamma-ray bursts may originate in star-forming regions	CXO
Mar. 13, 2001	Deepest X-rays ever reveal universe teeming with black holes	CXO
Mar. 5, 2001	Chandra observes compact galaxy group	CXO
Feb. 20, 2001	Chandra discovers most distant x-ray cluster	CXO
Feb. 2, 2001	Supernova may control activity at Milky Way's center	CXO
Jan. 23, 2001	NGC 3603 is a bustling region of star birth	CXO
Jan. 11, 2001	Not seeing is believing when it comes to event horizon evidence	CXO
Jan. 10, 2001	Chandra links pulsar to historic supernova	NASA
Jan. 8, 2001	Chandra reveals X-ray glint in Cat's Eye	NASA
Dec.11, 2000	Students using NASA and NSF data make stellar discovery; win science team competition	NASA
Dec. 4, 2000	A cooling flow in the Galaxy Cluster Abell 1795	NASA
Nov. 13, 2000	Chandra X-ray Observatory team wins Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Trophy	NASA
Nov. 6, 2000	Catching a galactic football: Chandra examines Cygnus A	NASA
Nov. 6, 2000	NASA'S Chandra captures telling Gamma-Ray afterglow	NASA
Nov. 6, 2000	Chandra observes cosmic traffic pile-up in energetic Quasar jet	NASA
Sept. 12, 2000	Chandra clinches case for unexpected black hole discovery	NASA
Aug. 22, 2000	One year later: Chandra 'changes way we look at the universe'	NASA
Aug. 28, 2000	Chandra image of colliding galaxies shows 'superbubbles'	CXC
July 28, 2000	Mystery of cometary X-rays solved	CXC
June 7, 2000	Chandra catches cannibal galaxy in the act	NASA
June 6, 2000	Images unveiled during national astronomical meeting: Chandra X-ray images continue to ‘wow’ astronomers	NASA
June 5, 2000	Chandra observes cloud powered by black hole in distant galaxy	NASA
May 25, 2000	Chandra Clocks 1 million mph wind expanding from vicinity of black hole	NASA
May 17, 2000	Chandra survey of distant galaxies provides evidence for vigorous starbursts	NASA
May 11, 2000	Impact! Chandra images a young supernova blast wave	NASA
May 8, 2000	New Chandra Observations shed light on young supernova: Space Science Update May 11	NASA
Apr. 25, 2000	Chandra shows new way to measure cosmic distances	NASA
Apr. 3, 2000	Chandra discovers possible hidden black hole	NASA
Mar. 20, 2000	Chandra finds what may be a rare type of black hole	NASA
Mar. 1, 2000	Cosmic Pressure Fronts Mapped by Chandra	NASA
Feb. 16, 2000	Chandra Reads the Cosmic Bar Code of Gas Around a Black Hole	NASA
Jan. 14, 2000	Chandra Finds a ‘Cool’ Black Hole at the Heart of the Andromeda Galaxy	NASA
Jan. 14, 2000	Chandra Images the Seething Cauldron of Starburst Galaxy	NASA
Jan. 14, 2000	Chandra Finds X-ray Star Bonanza in the Orion Nebula	NASA
Jan. 14, 2000	Chandra Image May Reveal Black Hole in the Milky Way	NASA
Jan. 14, 2000	Chandra Finds Oxygen and Neon Ring in Ashes of Exploded Star	NASA
Jan. 13, 2000	Chandra Resolves X-ray Glow into Millions of Objects	NASA
Dec. 21,1999	Chandra Maps Vital Elements From Supernova	NASA
Dec. 9,1999	The End of Days — Chandra Catches X-ray Glow From Supernova	NASA
Dec. 9,1999	Chandra Ploughs Up a Snake in Hydra A	NASA
Nov. 9,1999	NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Chosen Among ‘Best of What’s New’ By ‘Popular Science’ Magazine	NASA
Oct. 22,1999	Chandra Probes Explosive Activity in Centaurus A Galaxy	NASA
Oct. 8,1999	New Chandra X-ray Observatory Images Reveal Shocking Details Of Mysterious Superstar’s Activity	NASA
Sept 28,1999	Chandra Discovers X-ray Ring Around Cosmic Powerhouse in Crab Nebula	NASA
Sept 23,1999	Scientists to Detail Chandra Finding Of Bright Ring Around Cosmic Powerhouse	NASA
Sept 20,1999	Chandra Images Provide New Vision Of Cosmic Explosions	NASA
Sept 9,1999	Distant Supernova Remnant Imaged by Chandra X-ray Observatory's High Resolution Camera	NASA
Aug 26,1999	Husband and Wife from Atlanta See Results of Efforts With Images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Telescope	NASA
Aug 26,1999	Chandra X-ray Observatory: Engineering Marvel of the Large, Small and Sophisticated	NASA
Aug 26,1999	NASA Unveils First Images From Chandra X-ray Observatory	NASA
Aug 23,1999	Experts to Share First Pictures from World’s Most Powerful X-ray Observatory	NASA
Aug 23,1999	First Images From Marshall Center Managed Chandra X-ray Observatory to be Released	NASA
Aug 23,1999	First Images From Chandra X-ray Observatory to Be Released	NASA
Aug 23,1999	NASA Scientist to See 22 Years Pay Off With Release of First Images From World's Strongest X-ray Telescope	NASA
Jul 26,1999	Chandra X-ray Observatory News Center Hours Set for Remainder of STS-93 Shuttle Mission	NASA
Jul 15,1999	Chandra X-ray Observatory News Center Opens July 18; Will Provide Special Media Services in Cambridge, Mass.	NASA
Jul 6,1999	How To Cover NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory	NASA
Jun 18,1999	KSC Countdown Test Offers Media Opportunities with STS-93 Astronauts	NASA
Jun 15,1999	Latest Status on Chandra X-ray Observatory Now Online	NASA
Feb 19,1999	Chandra Fellows Named	CXC
Feb 4, 1999	Chandra X-ray Observatory Arrives at KSC for Processing	NASA
Feb 4, 1999	TRW Ships NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory To KSC	TRW
Jan14, 1999	Team Conducts Dry Run of Chandra X-ray Observatory Launch	NASA
Jan 20, 1999	NASA Announces Delay in Shipment of Chandra	NASA
Dec 21, 1999	NASA Selects New Name And Sets New Launch Date For Advanced Space X-Ray Telescope	NASA
Oct 13, 1988	NASA Delays Shipment of X-Ray Telescope to KSC to Allow Additional Testing	NASA
Jul 8, 1998	NASA X-ray Observatory Completes Tests Under Harsh Simulated Space Conditions	NASA
Jun 25, 1998	Shuttle Astronauts Visit NASA's X-ray Observatory Operations Control Center	CXC
Apr 16, 1998	NASA Announces Contest to Name X-Ray Observatory	NASA
Mar 12, 1998	Assembly of NASA's Most Powerful X-Ray Telescope Completed	NASA
Mar 11, 1998	First AXAF Fellowships Awarded	CXC
Feb 6, 1998	NASA�s Most Powerful X-Ray Observatory Passes Critical Test With Flying Colors	NASA
Dec 5, 1997	Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility Delivery Delayed	NASA
Nov 4, 1997	NASA's Next Orbiting Observatory Clears Key Milestone	NASA
Sep 11, 1997	Control Center For NASA'S Advanced X-Ray Telescope Opens In Cambridge, MA.	NASA
Mar 20, 1997	Advanced X-Ray Telescope Mirrors Sharpest Focus Ever	NASA