<![CDATA[io9: Chandra]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Chandra]]> http://io9.com/tag/chandra http://io9.com/tag/chandra <![CDATA[The center of the Milky Way revealed in its full glory across the entire spectrum]]> This amazing image of the center of our galaxy is the work of three different space telescopes - Hubble, which photographs objects in the visual wavelengths, Chandra, which looks at X-rays, and Spitzer, which investigates the infrared. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5741201&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy Shows The Birth And Death Of Suns]]> The center of our galaxy shines in greater detail than ever before, in this new composite image from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. (Click to enlarge.) The whole gamut of stellar evolution is here, from bright young stars to black holes. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5365631&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[One Galaxy Smashes Into Four Others At 2 Million Miles Per Hour]]> Stephan's Quintet sounds like the name of a nice jazz group, but this galactic cluster, discovered 250 years ago, is actually one galaxy passing through four others at nearly 2 million miles per hour. Hence the long tails. [Chandra Observatory] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5314431&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Galactic Cluster Collision Divides Ordinary Matter from Dark Matter]]> Almost six billion years ago, two of the largest gravitational structures in the universe slammed into each other with velocities in the millions of miles per hour. Galactic clusters are collections of galaxies (sometimes thousands of them) that seem to hang together in violation of the known laws of physics. Not only did this ancient collision result in a stunningly beautiful image, but it's given astrophysicists an important clue about the nature of dark matter. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5043327&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Largest Nuclear Explosion In History]]> A star 150 times larger than our own sun detonated in the biggest supernova ever recorded, as shown in this NASA illustration from May. This appears to be a new type of supernova, one which obliterates a massive star instead of creating a black hole. Photo by M. Weiss/NASA/CXC via Getty Images More »
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