18 Dec 06
W3 is a region where many massive stars are forming in a string of stellar clusters.
29 Nov 06
This is a composite image of N49, the brightest supernova remnant in optical light in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
15 Nov 06
A supernova remnant believed to be the remains of a massive star that exploded over 300 years ago.
02 Nov 06
A galaxy cluster located about 2.6 billion light years away in the constellation of Camelopardus.
24 Oct 06
A supernova remnant and pulsar located 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Taurus.
21 Aug 06
Site of a collision between two large galaxy clusters about 3.4 billion light years from Earth.
19 Jul 06
This Chandra X-ray image of the Galactic Center shows three massive star clusters near Sagittarius A*.
21 Jun 06
A binary star system consisting of a black hole and a normal star, located about 11,000 light years from Earth.
05 Jun 06
(Andromeda Galaxy)
This color-coded Chandra image shows the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy.
24 Apr 06
A galaxy 12 million light years from Earth that is undergoing a burst of star formation.
06 Apr 06
A galaxy cluster with a central galaxy, NGC 1128, that has produced a giant double radio source known as 3C 75.
23 Mar 06
This illustration depicts a quasar in the center of a galaxy that has turned on and is expelling gas at high speeds.
06 Mar 06
This X-ray/optical composite image shows multimillion degree gas rising above the disk of stars and cooler gas.
Revised: June 09, 2008