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10 Dec 15
A supernova remnant nicknamed the "Jellyfish Nebula" located about 5,000 light years from Earth.
23 Nov 15
(Cheshire Cat)
A group of galaxies nicknamed the "Cheshire Cat" about 4.6 billion light years from Earth.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
30 Sep 15
A galaxy cluster nicknamed the "Phoenix Cluster" located about 5.7 billion light years from Earth.
26 Aug 15
A collision of two galaxy clusters located about 1.6 billion light years from Earth.
09 Jul 15
A black hole ejects part of the accreted matter in the form of energetic radiation.
23 Jun 15
A system with a neutron star in orbit with a massive star about 30,700 light years from Earth.
28 May 15
Extremely tiny bubbles and irregularities in space-time predicted by certain theories.
28 May 15
Extremely tiny bubbles and irregularities in space-time predicted by certain theories.
28 May 15
Extremely tiny bubbles and irregularities in space-time predicted by certain theories.
28 May 15
Extremely tiny bubbles and irregularities in space-time predicted by certain theories.
28 May 15
Extremely tiny bubbles and irregularities in space-time predicted by certain theories.
14 May 15
(Sgr Magnetar)
A magnetar as close as about 2 trillion miles to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
30 Apr 15
Three of 51 distant quasars ranging from about 5 billion to 11.5 billion light years from Earth.
30 Apr 15
Three of 51 distant quasars ranging from about 5 billion to 11.5 billion light years from Earth.
30 Apr 15
Three of 51 distant quasars ranging from about 5 billion to 11.5 billion light years from Earth.
30 Apr 15
Three of 51 distant quasars ranging from about 5 billion to 11.5 billion light years from Earth.
16 Mar 15
A stellar explosion, called a nova, which is about 1,500 light years from Earth.
25 Feb 15
A galaxy about 100 million light years away with an intermediate-mass black hole in one of its spiral arms.
22 Jan 15
(M51)
Five objects at various distances that have been observed by Chandra
05 Jan 15
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years from Earth.
Revised: June 02, 2022