Chandra X-Ray Observatory Scattered X-rays from space: Turning noise into signal NuSTAR sees X-rays from astronomical objects it's not pointed at, so, bonus. By Phil Plait 15 hours ago Over a dozen voracious supermassive black holes seen in a distant galaxy protocluster Supermassive black holes get an early start in galaxy clusters. By Phil Plait 1 month ago How two galaxies got the gift of a black hole So that's how some galaxies got their black holes... By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago Two monster black holes roar, carve out enormous cavities around them Huge holes in a galaxy blown out by huge black holes. By Phil Plait 5 months ago So this is what really happens during the most epic galactic crashes What did merging galaxies go through through between the first and last phase? Now we know, and it's gnarly. By Elizabeth Rayne 5 months ago Wait...is that the first planet we’re seeing outside of our galaxy? Somewhere in the galaxy Messier 51, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory saw what might be a planet. By Elizabeth Rayne 6 months ago A supermassive black hole that can't stop erupting By Phil Plait 8 months ago Baby stars throw big tantrums. Very, very big tantrums. And they do it a lot. By Phil Plait 11 months ago The first lone neutron star ever seen outside the Milky Way By Phil Plait 11 months ago Incredible image: Gorgeous magnetic chaos in the galactic center By Phil Plait 12 months ago Load More
Scattered X-rays from space: Turning noise into signal NuSTAR sees X-rays from astronomical objects it's not pointed at, so, bonus. By Phil Plait 15 hours ago
Over a dozen voracious supermassive black holes seen in a distant galaxy protocluster Supermassive black holes get an early start in galaxy clusters. By Phil Plait 1 month ago
How two galaxies got the gift of a black hole So that's how some galaxies got their black holes... By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
Two monster black holes roar, carve out enormous cavities around them Huge holes in a galaxy blown out by huge black holes. By Phil Plait 5 months ago
So this is what really happens during the most epic galactic crashes What did merging galaxies go through through between the first and last phase? Now we know, and it's gnarly. By Elizabeth Rayne 5 months ago
Wait...is that the first planet we’re seeing outside of our galaxy? Somewhere in the galaxy Messier 51, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory saw what might be a planet. By Elizabeth Rayne 6 months ago
Baby stars throw big tantrums. Very, very big tantrums. And they do it a lot. By Phil Plait 11 months ago