An overview of the Chandra mission and goals, Chandra's namesake, top 10 facts.
Classroom activities, printable materials, interactive games & more.
Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray sources: black holes to galaxy clusters.
All Chandra images released to the public listed by date & by category
Current Chandra press releases, status reports, interviews & biographies.
A collection of multimedia, illustrations & animations, a glossary, FAQ & more.
A collection of illustrations, animations and video.
Chandra discoveries in an audio/video format.
Chandra Images by Date: 2004
30 Dec 04
An X-ray bright giant star 95 light years from Earth.
23 Dec 04
A star cluster in the direction of the Galactic Center.
23 Dec 04
A star cluster in the direction of the Galactic Center.
23 Dec 04
A star cluster in the direction of the Galactic Center.
14 Dec 04
A supernova remnant 10,000 light years from Earth.
22 Nov 04
A quasar seen as it was 12.7 billion light years ago.
09 Nov 04
A red dwarf star 4 light years from the Sun.
29 Oct 04
A galaxy in the constellation of Virgo.
26 Oct 04
A large, elliptical galaxy about 300 million light years from Earth.
06 Oct 04
The remains of a supernova first seen in 1604.
23 Sep 04
(G359.23-0.82)
A pulsar wind nebula about 16,000 light years from Earth.
08 Sep 04
A nearby galaxy cluster about 65 million light years from Earth.
23 Aug 04
The remnant of a supernova 10,000 light years from Earth.
13 Aug 04
A massive galaxy cluster about 3 billion light years from Earth.
04 Aug 04
A gamma ray burst 1.3 billion light years from Earth.
28 Jul 04
A dense young star cluster about 26,000 light years from Earth.
22 Jul 04
A source illuminating a nebula 1300 light years from Earth.
06 Jul 04
(H1413+117)
A quasar about 11 billion light years from Earth.
28 Jun 04
The hottest known white dwarf.
13 Jun 04
A 130 light year region in the center of the Milky Way.
02 Jun 04
A barrel-shaped supernova remnant about 35,000 light years from Earth.
01 Jun 04
Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth.
01 Jun 04
Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth.
18 May 04
A galaxy cluster 1 billion light years away.
18 May 04
A galaxy cluster 3.5 billion light years away.
18 May 04
A galaxy cluster 6.7 billion light years away.
10 May 04
Long-exposure image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87.
20 Apr 04
A massive star explosion 160,000 light years away.
10 Apr 04
A mid-size black hole in the star cluster MGG 11.
05 Apr 04
The shadow of Saturn’s largest moon on the Crab Nebula.
24 Mar 04
The remains of an exploded star reveal large concentrations of magnesium.
08 Mar 04
The 6th planet from the Sun.
01 Mar 04
A possible new class of X-ray sources.
01 Mar 04
A possible new class of X-ray sources.
01 Mar 04
(M51)
A possible new class of X-ray sources.
01 Mar 04
A possible new class of X-ray sources.
18 Feb 04
A star being torn apart by the tidal forces of a black hole.
30 Jan 04
A white dwarf star in a close orbit with a normal Sun-like star.
07 Jan 04
This montage of Chandra images shows a pair of interacting galaxies known as The Antennae.
06 Jan 04
A galaxy being ripped apart as it races at 4.5 million miles per hour.
05 Jan 04
Jets from SS 433 may be originating five times closer to the black hole than previously thought.
02 Jan 04
A color composite image shows the X-ray light from 70-million-degree Celsius gas in the cluster.