The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

This low-mass supermassive black hole, spotted with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, ...

The theory goes that black holes accrete material, often from nearby stars. However the theory also suggests there is a limit to how big a black hole can grow due to accretion and certainly shouldn’t ...

This illustration shows a red, early-universe dwarf galaxy that hosts a rapidly feeding black hole at its center. Using data ...

The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant has been studied for over 2 million seconds since the Chandra mission began in 1999, with X-rays captured by Chandra (blue) and infrared data from Webb (orange, ...

A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

NASA’s Chandra spots unusual 'knots' in a nearby black hole jet. X-ray data shows bright knots in Centaurus A black hole’s ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. See 25 'never-before-seen' images ...

Under Goldin's leadership, NASA launched more than a dozen successful missions, including the Mars Pathfinder, the Chandra ...

There are monstrous objects at the heart of every large galaxy — black holes that are millions or even billions of times more ...