NASA's flagship mission for X-ray astronomy. To celebrate the life and career of Dr. Vera Rubin, a new composite image of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) is being released. By turning Chandra …

Jul 23, 1999 · The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope. It has eight-times greater resolution and is able to detect sources more than 20-times fainter than …

Chandra (Sanskrit: चन्द्र, romanized: Chandra, lit. 'shining' or 'moon'), also known as Soma (Sanskrit: सोम), is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and …

Chandra is one of NASA’s orbiting Great Observatories, along with the Hubble. Visit the Chandra Website. This multiwavelength view of the colliding galaxies known as the Antennae includes …

Sep 7, 2023 · Chandra detects X-ray emissions from very hot regions of the universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. Experience Earth, our …

Jan 8, 2025 · All papers making use of Chandra data of any type (including archive observation and Chandra Source Catalog data products) should include a Chandra Data Collection (CDC) …

Chandra provides astrobiologists with information about stars and the conditions in which planetary systems form. The mission provides insight into the basic structure of the Universe …

Information about the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched on July 23, 1999, its mission and goals, and the people who built it.

The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle …

Oct 3, 2024 · Chandra allows scientists from around the world to obtain X-ray images of exotic environments to help understand the structure and evolution of the universe.