Chandra :: Photo Album https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/ Chandra Photo Album :: Recent Discoveries en-us NASA's IXPE and Chandra Take a New Look at an Old Supernova https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/rcw86/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/rcw86/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 EST NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has taken a new observation of what may be the first documented evidence of a supernova, RCW 86. Chandra Resolves Why Black Holes Hit the Brakes on Growth https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:00 EST A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray telescopes found that supermassive black holes are unable to consume material as rapidly as they did in the distant past. Spring Has Sprung in Space (As Always) https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 EST In the Northern Hemisphere this week, the calendar officially passes from winter into spring when the length of the day and the night become equal as the days become longer. Meanwhile, there are places in space where blooms of the stellar variety are always growing. NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/nsmerger/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/nsmerger/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:00 EST A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Listen to This Month's "Planetary Parade" with NASA's Chandra https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/sonify11/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/sonify11/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 EST To commemorate a six-planet alignment in late February 2026, Chandra released sonifications of three of those planets: Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. Young "Sun" Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA's Chandra https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/astrosphere/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/astrosphere/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:00:00 EST This image contains the first astrosphere, or wind-blown bubble, that astronomers have captured surrounding a star that is a younger version of our Sun. A Cosmic Heart Where New Stars Thrive https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/heart/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/heart/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:00:00 EST To celebrate Valentine's Day, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is releasing a new image of the Cocoon Nebula -- a heart-shaped nebula where new stars are forming. NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/protoc/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/protoc/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:00:00 EST A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster started to assemble only about a billion years after the big bang, one or two billion years earlier than previously thought. NASA's Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/csc/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/csc/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:00:00 EST Like a recording artist who has had a long career, Chandra has a "back catalog" of cosmic recordings that is impossible to replicate. To access these X-ray tracks, or observations, the ultimate compendium has been developed: the Chandra Source Catalog (CSC). Supernova Remnant Video From NASA's Chandra Is Decades in Making https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/kepler/ https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/kepler/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:00 EST A new video shows the evolution of Kepler's Supernova Remnant using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades.