Artist impression of the Chandra Telescope is in orbit around Earth.NASA
A long Chandra observation of Tycho has revealed a pattern of X-ray "stripes" never seen before in a supernova remnant. The stripes are seen in the high-energy X-rays (blue) that also show the blast wave, a shell of extremely energetic electrons.X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/K.Eriksen et al.; Optical: DSS
Astronomers used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and a suite of other telescopes to reveal one of the most powerful black holes known. The black hole is in a galaxy cluster named RX J1532 and has created enormous structures in the hot gas surrounding it and prevented trillions of stars from forming.X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford/J.Hlavacek-Larrondo et al, Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M.Postman & CLASH team
Mission name: Chandra
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
NASA's flagship mission for X-ray astronomy.
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