https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html en-us https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#hops383 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/hops383/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:00:00 EST By detecting an X-ray flare from a very young star using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers have reset the timeline for when stars like the Sun start blasting high-energy radiation into space. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#gcenter https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/gcenter/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 12:00:00 EST By combining data from telescopes with supercomputer simulations and virtual reality (VR), a new visualization allows you to experience 500 years of cosmic evolution around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#a2384 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/a2384/ Mon, 11 May 2020 12:00:00 EST Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other. This mighty event released a flood of hot gas from each galaxy cluster that formed an unusual bridge between the two objects. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#perseus https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/perseus/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:00:00 EST Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have made one of the first experimental tests of string theory, a set of models intended to tie together all known forces, particles, and interactions. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m87 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/m87/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 12:00:00 EST These images show evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory that the black hole in the galaxy M87 is blasting particles out at over 99% the speed of light. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#crab3d https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/crab3d/ Sun, 05 Jan 2020 12:00:00 EST Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning program have combined X-ray, visible, and infrared wavelengths to create a 3D representation of the dynamic Crab Nebula. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#archives https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/archives/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:00:00 EST Six objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light years away. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#tycho https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/tycho/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:00:00 EST A new image of the Tycho supernova remnant from Chandra reveals an intriguing pattern of bright clumps and fainter holes giving clues about its origin. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#20th https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/20th/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:00:00 EST To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Chandra X-ray Observatory, an assembly of new images is being released. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#sn1987a https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/sn1987a/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:00:00 EST Three decades ago, astronomers spotted one of the brightest exploding stars in more than 400 years. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#tidal https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/tidal/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 12:00:00 EST An X-ray source located in a small galaxy about 1.8 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#geminga https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/geminga/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 12:00:00 EST Two pulsars about 800 and 3,400 light years from Earth respectively. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#a3411 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/a3411/ Thu, 05 Jan 2017 12:00:00 EST A pair of colliding galaxy clusters about 2 billion light years away. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cdfs https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs/ Thu, 05 Jan 2017 12:00:00 EST An unparalleled image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory gives astronomers the best look yet at the growth of black holes over billions of years beginning soon after the Big Bang. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc6357 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/ngc6357/ Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:00:00 EST A star formation region about 5,500 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#spt0346 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/spt0346/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:00:00 EST A galaxy undergoing extreme star formation about 12.7 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cygx3 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/cygx3/ Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:00:00 EST A small cloud of dust and gas containing a new star being formed about 20,000 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#mrk1018 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/mrk1018/ Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:00:00 EST An active galaxy located about 590 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc5128 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/ngc5128/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:00:00 EST An elliptical galaxy, also known as Centaurus A, located about 12 million light years away. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#archives https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/archives/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:00:00 EST Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#xj1417 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/xj1417/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 12:00:00 EST A black hole found in the outer regions of a galaxy about 4.5 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#pluto https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/pluto/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:00:00 EST A dwarf planet in the outer regions of the Solar System. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#rcw103 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/rcw103/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:00:00 EST A neutron star located in the center of the RCW 103 supernova remnant about 10,700 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ic2497 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/ic2497/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:00:00 EST A galaxy and a cloud of cool gas located about 680 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#tycho https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/tycho/ Thu, 12 May 2016 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant located about 10,000 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#clusters https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/clusters/ Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:00:00 EST From a sample of over 300 galaxy clusters used to study dark energy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#comets https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/comets/ Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:00:00 EST Two comets observed in 2013 when both were relatively close to Earth, about 90 million and 130 million miles for Comets ISON and PanSTARRS respectively. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g19 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/g19/ Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant located about 28,000 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#frontier https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/frontier/ Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:00:00 EST Two galaxy clusters located about 4.3 billion and 5.4 billion light years away respectively. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#pictora https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/pictora/ Tue, 02 Feb 2016 12:00:00 EST A galaxy with an extensive jet located about 500 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc5195 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/ngc5195/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 12:00:00 EST A small galaxy merging with a larger spiral galaxy about 26 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#z8338 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/z8338/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 12:00:00 EST A galaxy cluster located almost 700 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ic443 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/ic443/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant nicknamed the "Jellyfish Nebula" located about 5,000 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cheshirecat https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/cheshirecat/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:00:00 EST A group of galaxies nicknamed the "Cheshire Cat" about 4.6 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#phoenix https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/phoenix/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:00:00 EST A galaxy cluster nicknamed the "Phoenix Cluster" located about 5.7 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#a1033 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/a1033/ Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:00:00 EST A collision of two galaxy clusters located about 1.6 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc1333 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/ngc1333/ Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:00:00 EST While fireworks only last a short time here on Earth, a bundle of cosmic sparklers in a nearby cluster of stars will be going off for a very long time. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc5813 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/ngc5813/ Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:00:00 EST Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to show that multiple eruptions from a supermassive black hole over 50 million years have rearranged the cosmic landscape at the center of a group of galaxies. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc6388 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/ngc6388/ Thu, 16 Apr 2015 12:00:00 EST The destruction of a planet may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a team of astronomers has found evidence that this may have happened in an ancient cluster of stars at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#dark https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/dark/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:00:00 EST Astronomers have found that dark matter does not slow down when colliding with itself, meaning it interacts with itself less than previously thought. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#gkper https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/gkper/ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:00:00 EST A stellar explosion, called a nova, which is about 1,500 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g299 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/g299/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant in the Milky Way about 16,000 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc2207 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/ngc2207/ Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:00:00 EST NGC 2207 and IC 2163 are two spiral galaxies in the process of merging. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#sgra https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/sgra/ Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:00:00 EST The giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be producing mysterious particles called neutrinos. If confirmed, this would be the first time that scientists have traced neutrinos back to a black hole. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m82nu https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m82nu/ Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:00:00 EST A source with unusual pulsations in the M82 galaxy about 11.4 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#puppisa https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/puppisa/ Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant located about 7,000 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m82 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m82/ Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:00:00 EST SN 2014J is a Type Ia supernova, an important class of objects used to measure the expansion of the Universe. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#15year https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/15year/ Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:00:00 EST Four newly processed images of supernova remnants have been released. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m106 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m106/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:00:00 EST A spiral galaxy, also known as M106, about 23 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#perseus https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseus/ Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:00:00 EST A giant collection of galaxies immersed in hot gas about 250 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m51 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m51/ Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:00:00 EST Nearly a million seconds of observing time with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way glittering with hundreds of X-ray points of light. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#flame https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/flame/ Wed, 07 May 2014 12:00:00 EST Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared telescopes, astronomers have made an important advance in the understanding of how clusters of stars come into being. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#proam https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/proam/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:00:00 EST Four images of galaxies that have been made using data from both amateur and professional telescopes. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g352 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/g352/ Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:00:00 EST Supernovas are the spectacular ends to the lives of many massive stars. These explosions can produce enormous amounts of energy and be as bright as an entire galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#elgordo https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/elgordo/ Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:00:00 EST This is a composite image of X-rays from Chandra and optical data from Hubble of the galaxy cluster ACT-CL J0102-4915, located about 7 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#deml241 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/deml241/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:00:00 EST When a massive star runs out fuel, it collapses and explodes as a supernova. Although these explosions are extremely powerful, it is possible for a companion star to endure the blast. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#rxj1131 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/rxj1131/ Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:00:00 EST A quasar located about 6 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#eso137 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/eso137/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:00:00 EST The spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 looks like a dandelion caught in a breeze in this new composite image from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#igrj11014 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/igrj11014/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:00:00 EST NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has seen a fast-moving pulsar escaping from a supernova remnant while spewing out a record-breaking jet - the longest of any object in the Milky Way galaxy -- of high-energy particles. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cena https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/cena/ Thu, 06 Feb 2014 12:00:00 EST This galaxy, at a distance of about 12 million light years from Earth, contains a gargantuan jet blasting away from a central supermassive black hole. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#rxj1532 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/rxj1532/ Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:00:00 EST The black hole is in a galaxy cluster located about 3.9 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#a1795 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/a1795/ Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:00:00 EST A bright, long duration flare may be the first recorded event of a black hole destroying a star in a dwarf galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cirx1 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/cirx1/ Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:00:00 EST A neutron star and normal star binary pair about 26,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#sgra https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra/ Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:00:00 EST New evidence has been uncovered for the presence of a jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#archives https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/archives/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:00:00 EST Every year, October is designated as American Archive Month. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m60 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/m60/ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:00:00 EST A galaxy about 54 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#coma https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/coma/ Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:00:00 EST A collection of thousands of galaxies about 320 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc1232 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc1232/ Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:00:00 EST A giant cloud of superheated gas that is likely caused by a collision between galaxies. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc2392 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc2392/ Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:00:00 EST A Sun-like star in its end phase of life about 4,200 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g19 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/g19/ Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant in the Milky Way located about 28,000 light years from Earth https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m31 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/m31/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EST An unprecedented bonanza of black holes has been found in one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#4c2930 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/4c2930/ Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 EST This composite image of a galaxy illustrates how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense power. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc6240 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EST Two large galaxies are colliding and scientists have used Chandra to make a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas that surrounds them. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#sn1006 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sn1006/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant whose progenitor explosion was seen from Earth over a thousand years ago. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc602 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc602/ Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EST The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors. Even though it is a small, or so-called dwarf galaxy, the SMC is so bright that it is visible to the unaided eye from the Southern Hemisphere and near the equator. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#kepler https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/kepler/ Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory points to the origin of a famous supernova. This supernova belongs to an important class of objects that are used to measure the rate of expansion of the Universe. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g306 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/g306/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant in the Milky Way at a distance of about 26,000 light years away from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#47tuc https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/47tuc/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EST Neutron stars, the ultra-dense cores left behind after massive stars collapse, contain the densest matter known in the Universe outside of a black hole. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#w49b https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/w49b/ Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy. The remnant appears to be the product of a rare explosion in which matter is ejected at high speeds along the poles of a rotating star. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#deml50 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/deml50/ Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:00:00 EST A superbubble located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light years from Earth. Superbubbles are found in regions where massive stars have formed in the last few million years. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#vela https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/vela/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:00:00 EST A new Chandra movie of the Vela pulsar shows it may be "precessing," or wobbling as it spins. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#pks0745 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:00:00 EST Some of the biggest black holes in the Universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought, according to a study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc3627 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc3627/ Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:00:00 EST This composite image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3627, located about 30 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc922 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc922/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:00:00 EST NGC 922 was formed by the collision between two galaxies - one seen in this image and another located outside the field of view. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#a30 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/a30/ Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:00:00 EST These images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, (a.k.a. A30), show one of the clearest views ever obtained of a special phase of evolution for these objects. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cygob2 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/cygob2/ Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:00:00 EST The Milky Way and other galaxies in the universe harbor many young star clusters and associations that each contain hundreds to thousands of hot, massive, young stars known as O and B stars. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#pne https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pne/ Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST This gallery shows four planetary nebulas from the first systematic survey of such objects in the solar neighborhood made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#kepler https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/kepler/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:00:00 EST In 1604, a new star appeared in the night sky that was much brighter than Jupiter and dimmed over several weeks. This event was witnessed by sky watchers including the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#n1929 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/n1929/ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:00:00 EST A superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located about 160,000 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#phoenix https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/phoenix/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:00:00 EST The Phoenix Cluster is an extraordinary galaxy cluster that is breaking several important astronomical records. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m83sn https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m83sn/ Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:00:00 EST Over fifty years ago, a supernova was discovered in M83, a spiral galaxy about 15 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#igrj11014 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/igrj11014/ Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EST Researchers using three different telescopes -- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton in space, and the Parkes radio telescope in Australia -- may have found the fastest moving pulsar ever seen. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cid42 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/cid42/ Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EST The galaxy at the center of this image contains an Xray source, CID-42, with exceptional properties. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m101 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/m101/ Thu, 24 May 2012 12:00:00 EST This image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, or also known as M101, combines data in the infrared, visible, ultraviolet and X-rays from four of NASA's space-based telescopes. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#sn2010 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sn2010/ Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 EST Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#30dor https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/30dor/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST A massive star-forming region located about 160,000 light years away. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#musketball https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/musketball/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST A merger of galaxy clusters about 5.2 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#a383 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/a383/ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST A cluster of galaxies located about 2.3 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#a520 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/a520/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST A collision of massive galaxy clusters located about 2.4 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g350 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/g350/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant located about 14,700 light years from Earth toward the center of the Milky Way https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#elgordo https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/elgordo/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST A galaxy cluster located about 7.2 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#sxp1062 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/sxp1062/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST A pulsar found within a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#a2052 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/a2052/ Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST A cluster of galaxies located about 480 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#30dor https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/30dor/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST Found in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud, 30 Doradus is one of the largest star-forming regions located close to the Milky Way. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#rcw86 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/rcw86/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an exploding star in the sky, has been solved. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g299 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/g299/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST G299.2-2.9 is an intriguing supernova remnant found about 16,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc281 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/ngc281/ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST High-mass stars are important because they are responsible for much of the energy pumped into our galaxy over its lifetime. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#vv340 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/vv340/ Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EST A pair of galaxies located about 450 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#psrj0357 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/psrj0357/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EST A pulsar located about 1,600 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#a2744 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/a2744/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EST A collision of galaxy clusters about 3.5 billion light years away. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cdfs https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cdfs/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EST A composite image combines the deepest X-ray image with optical and infrared data. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#carina https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/carina/ Tue, 24 May 2011 12:00:00 EST A star-forming region about 7,500 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#tycho2 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/tycho2/ Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:00:00 EST This new image of Tycho's supernova remnant, dubbed Tycho for short, contains striking new evidence for what triggered the original supernova explosion, as seen from Earth in 1572. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#massive https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/massive/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:00:00 EST Two massive stars in the Milky Way, both about 9,000 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#tycho https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/tycho/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:00:00 EST This image comes from a very deep Chandra observation of the Tycho supernova remnant, produced by the explosion of a white dwarf star in our Galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#n4151 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/n4151/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:00:00 EST A galaxy about 43 million light years from Earth with an actively growing black hole at its center. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#casa https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/casa/ Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:00:00 EST This composite image shows a beautiful X-ray and optical view of Cassiopeia A (Cas A), a supernova remnant located in our Galaxy about 11,000 light years away. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#arp147 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/arp147/ Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:00:00 EST This composite image of Arp 147, a pair of interacting galaxies located about 430 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m82 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/m82/ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST A new Chandra X-ray Observatory image of Messier 82, or M82, shows the result of star formation on overdrive. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g1915 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/g1915/ Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST A system containing a black hole about 14 times the Sun's mass in orbit with a companion star. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#he210 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/he210/ Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST A dwarf starburst galaxy about 30 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#2gal https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/2gal/ Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST This two-panel graphic contains two composite images of galaxies used in a recent study of supermassive black holes. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#snr0509 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/snr0509/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST This colorful creation was made by combining data from two of NASA's Great Observatories. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc5813 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/ngc5813/ Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST This composite image shows an intergalactic "weather map" around the elliptical galaxy NGC 5813, the dominant central galaxy in a galaxy group located about 105 million light years away from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#sn1979c https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sn1979c/ Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:00:00 EST A supernova that was seen to explode in 1979 from Earth, found in the galaxy M100. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#3c186 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/3c186/ Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST A galaxy cluster with a central quasar located about 8 billion light years away. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g327 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/g327/ Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST G327.1-1.1 is the aftermath of a massive star that exploded as a supernova in the Milky Way galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#rosette https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/rosette/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST This composite image shows the Rosette star formation region, located about 5,000 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m87 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m87/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST This image shows the eruption of a galactic "super-volcano" in the massive galaxy M87. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#antennae https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/antennae/ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc7793 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/ngc7793/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST Combining observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope, astronomers have uncovered the most powerful pair of jets ever seen from a stellar black hole. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#n49 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/n49/ Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:00 EST This beautiful composite image shows N49, the aftermath of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g541 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/g541/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST A new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc1068 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/ngc1068/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST This is a composite image of NGC 1068, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies containing a rapidly growing supermassive black hole. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#type1a https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/type1a/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST A Type Ia supernova caused by accreting material produces significant X-ray emission prior to the explosion. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#eso137 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/eso137/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, two spectacular tails of X-ray emission have been seen trailing behind a galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#sgra https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sgra/ Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc1399 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/ngc1399/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST An elliptical galaxy in the Fornax cluster that contains an ultraluminous X-ray source. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc6872 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/ngc6872/ Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST This composite image of data from three different telescopes shows an ongoing collision between two galaxies, NGC 6872 and IC 4970. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#crab https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/crab/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST Spectacular death of a star in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#galactic https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/galactic/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST In this spectacular image, observations using infrared light and X-ray light see through the obscuring dust and reveal the intense activity near the galactic core. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#ngc6240 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/ngc6240/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST A galaxy about 330 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#gcenter https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/gcenter/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST A dramatic new vista of the center of the Milky Way galaxy from Chandra X-ray Observatory exposes new levels of the complexity and intrigue in the Galactic center. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#hydra https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/hydra/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST A galaxy cluster about 840 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cepb https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cepb/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST This composite image, combining data from Chandra and Spitzer shows the molecular cloud Cepheus B, located in our Galaxy about 2,400 light years from the Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#e0102 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/e0102/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST Officially known as 1E0102.2-7219, a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#stephq https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/stephq/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST This beautiful image gives a new look at a compact group of galaxies discovered about 130 years ago and located about 280 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#rcw86 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/rcw86/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST A supernova remnant in the Milky Way, about 8,200 light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#snr0104 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/snr0104/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST A new image from Chandra X-ray Observatory shows a supernova remnant with a different look. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#3c305 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/3c305/ Thu, 14 May 2009 12:00:00 EST Activity from a supermassive black hole is responsible for the intriguing appearance of galaxy 3C305, located 600 million light years away in the constellation Draco. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#macs https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/macs/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST One of the most complex galaxy clusters known, located about 5.4 billion light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#b1509 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/b1509/ Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#g1915 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/g1915/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST New results from Chandra have made a major advance in explaining how a special class of black holes may shut off the high-speed jets they produce. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#medusa https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/medusa/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST A composite image of the Medusa Galaxy. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#tycho https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/tycho/ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST Composite image of the Tycho supernova remnant https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#m101 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/m101/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST This image of the spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101) is a composite of data from Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#cena https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cena/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST An active galaxy at a distance of 10 million light years from Earth. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#n604 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/n604/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST A new study unveils NGC 604, the largest region of star formation in the nearby galaxy M33, in its first deep, high-resolution view in X-rays. https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/big_picture.html#casa https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/casa/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST This new movie of X-ray data from Chandra of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A was made by combining observations taken between January 2000 and December 2007.