The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

The Crab Nebula is one of the most studied objects in the night sky. This version of the Crab Nebula combines data from three different ...

This never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way combines a near-infrared view from Hubble, an infrared image from ...

Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant found embedded in the constellation that bears its name, which is known as the queen in Greek mythology.

Chandra has expanded our view of the universe with its unrivaled abililty to create high-resolution X-ray images of cosmic phenomena.

NGC 6240 is a system in which two supermassive black holes are a mere 3,000 light years apart, virtually nothing in astronomical terms.

This image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a wealth of exotic objects and high-energy features at the center of our Milky Way ...

This composite image of the Hydra A galaxy cluster shows 10-million-degree gas observed by Chandra and jets of radio emission observed by ...

A new study from two of NASA's "Great Observatories" provides fresh insight into how some stars are born, along with a beautiful new image ...

In Florence, Italy, in the year 1609, the world changed. Using a small telescope, Galileo proved that the Earth is not distinct from the ...

The supernova remnant known as E0102 was one of the targets that Chandra first observed after its launch in 1999.

This beautiful image gives a new look at Stephan's Quintet, a compact group of galaxies discovered about 130 years ago and located about ...

We start with an optical and infrared image that shows the crowded area around the object known as GRS 1915+105, or GRS 1915 for short.