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-Stellar black holes, mid-mass black holes, and supermassive black holes.
22 May 24
A cluster and group of galaxies that are part of a larger sample to study black hole jets.
21 Feb 24
A galaxy cluster about 3.8 billion light years from Earth where two large galaxies are colliding.
08 Feb 24
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years away.
06 Nov 23
A galaxy containing the most distant black hole discovered in X-rays located about 13.2 billion light years away.
22 Feb 23
Merging dwarf galaxies about 760 million and 3.2 billion light-years away respectively.
21 Nov 22
(V404 Cyg)
A stellar-mass black hole with a companion star about 2,900 light-years from Earth.
12 May 22
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way located about 27,000 light years away.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
20 Apr 22
Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.
31 Mar 22
Nicknamed the "Spiderweb," a galaxy in a protocluster about 10.6 billion light years away.
31 Aug 21
A single or pair of growing supermassive black holes located 11.8 billion light-years from Earth.
05 Aug 21
(V404 Cyg)
A binary system including a black hole about 7,800 light years from Earth.
02 Jul 21
(MCXC J0621.7-5242)
A cluster of galaxies located about 690 million light years from Earth.
14 Apr 21
A galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center located about 55 million light years from Earth.
14 Jan 21
Two of seven triple galaxy mergers that are located between 370 million and one billion light years away from Earth.
14 Jan 21
One of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 890 million light years from Earth.
14 Jan 21
One of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 960 million light years from Earth.
15 Jul 20
The deepest X-ray image ever obtained that contains 28 previously misidentified black holes.
29 May 20
A system with a black hole and companion star about 10,000 light years from Earth.
23 Apr 20
A galaxy with a central supermassive black hole about 250 million light years from Earth.
27 Feb 20
A galaxy cluster located about 390 million light years from Earth.
17 Dec 19
Two colliding groups of galaxies located about 380 million light years from Earth.
11 Sep 19
A galaxy containing a supermassive black hole about 250,000 light years from Earth.
08 Aug 19
A black hole obscured by gas and dust about 13 billion light years from Earth.
29 Jan 19
About 1,600 rapidly growing black holes located up to 12.7 billion light years from Earth.
09 Jan 19
A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth.
09 Aug 18
Two separate surveys of "intermediate-mass black holes†that stretch from the nearby Universe to 10.9 billion light years away.
18 Jun 18
A medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on a nearby star.
09 May 18
A region around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth.
15 Feb 18
The growth of the biggest black holes in the Universe is outrunning the rate of formation of stars in the galaxies they inhabit.
30 Nov 17
An object possibly containing two supermassive black holes about 2.6 billion light years away.
26 Jun 17
Arp 299: A system of merging galaxies located about 140 million light years from Earth.
31 May 17
A population of growing black holes over 13 billion light years from Earth.
11 May 17
A candidate recoiling black hole located in an elliptical galaxy about 3.9 billion light years away.
02 May 17
Scientists have found a vast wave of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster spanning some 200,000 light years.
19 Apr 17
Centaurus Cluster: A cluster of galaxies located about 145 million light years from Earth.
30 Mar 17
(CDF-S XT1)
A source located in the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) that displays extraordinary properties.
05 Jan 17
The deepest X-ray image, containing objects at a distance of nearly 13 billion light years.
05 Oct 16
A black hole found in the outer regions of a galaxy about 4.5 billion light years from Earth.
27 Jun 16
A binary system containing a quiescent black hole about 7,200 light years from Earth.
06 Jan 16
A recently discovered black hole, could provide new insight into black hole evolution and behavior.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
09 Jul 15
A black hole ejects part of the accreted matter in the form of energetic radiation.
14 May 15
(Sgr Magnetar)
A magnetar as close as about 2 trillion miles to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
05 Jan 15
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years from Earth.
13 Nov 14
The Milky Way's supermassive black hole, about 26,000 light years from Earth.
08 Oct 14
A source with unusual pulsations in the M82 galaxy about 11.4 million light years from Earth.
24 Jun 14
A giant collection of galaxies immersed in hot gas about 250 million light years from Earth.
23 Apr 14
Four images of galaxies that have been made using data from both amateur and professional telescopes.
24 Oct 13
The supermassive black hole about 26,000 light years from Earth at the center of the Milky Way
29 Aug 13
The supermassive black hole located 26,000 light years from Earth in the center of the Milky Way.
18 Dec 12
A galaxy cluster about 1.3 billion light years from Earth with a large elliptical galaxy in its center.
11 Jun 12
New evidence from Chandra challenges prevailing ideas about how supermassive black holes grow in the centers of galaxies.
11 Jun 12
A galaxy, located 85 million light years away, with an unusually large central black hole.
04 Jun 12
The galaxy at the center of this image contains an X-ray source, CID-42, with exceptional properties.
03 May 12
A galaxy about 2.7 billion light years from Earth with a supermassive black hole at its center.
08 Feb 12
Illustration of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
17 Nov 11
A stellar-mass black hole in orbit with a companion star located about 6,000 light years from Earth.
15 Jun 11
A composite image combines the deepest X-ray image with optical and infrared data.
12 Jan 11
A system containing a black hole about 14 times the Sun's mass in orbit with a companion star.
15 Nov 10
A supernova that was seen to explode in 1979 from Earth, found in the galaxy M100.
30 Jun 10
A source in the Cosmic Evolution Survey field thought to be at a distance of almost 4 billion light years.
17 Feb 10
(Andromeda Galaxy)
One of six galaxies in a study to examine properties of Type Ia supernovas.
25 Mar 09
A stellar-mass black hole with about 14 times the Sun's mass in the Milky Way.
05 Aug 08
The largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of galaxies at a distance of 60 million light years away.
16 Apr 08
Clouds of gas near the central black hole brightened and faded quickly in X-ray light.
10 Jan 08
A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.
10 Jan 08
A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.
10 Jan 08
A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.
25 Oct 07
A compilation of long observations on the same patch of sky.
17 Oct 07
A binary system in the galaxy M33 where a large companion star is in orbit around a black hole.
02 Nov 06
A galaxy cluster located about 2.6 billion light years away in the constellation of Camelopardus.
21 Jun 06
A binary star system consisting of a black hole and a normal star, located about 11,000 light years from Earth.
05 Jun 06
(Andromeda Galaxy)
This color-coded Chandra image shows the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy.
24 Apr 06
A galaxy 12 million light years from Earth that is undergoing a burst of star formation.
01 Dec 05
The central region of a rich galaxy cluster about 250 million light years from Earth.
13 Oct 05
Chandra's image of the Galactic Center has provided evidence for a new and unexpected way for stars to form.
01 Jun 04
Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth.
01 Jun 04
Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth.
05 Jan 04
Jets from SS 433 may be originating five times closer to the black hole than previously thought.
01 Sep 03
A 53-hour Chandra observation of the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster.
19 Jun 03
The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South.
19 Jun 03
The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South.
06 Jan 03
This image of Sgr A* was made from the longest X-ray exposure of that region to date.
11 Dec 02
This image shows two high speed lobes 5 trillion kilometers apart on opposite sides of a binary black hole system.
03 Oct 02
A binary star system of a black hole and a normal star located in the Milky Way about 17,000 light years away.
12 Oct 01
(Andromeda Galaxy)
Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope images of two recently detected emitting globular star clusters.
05 Sep 01
A compact radio source in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy thought to be a supermassive black hole.
05 Jun 01
This Chandra image shows a population of point-like "ultraluminous" X-ray sources in M82.
07 May 01
Chandra image of a spectrum of a black hole, which is similar to the colorful spectrum of sunlight produced by a prism.
13 Mar 01
A view of one of the most intensively studied patches of the night sky.
13 Mar 01
This image shows that gigantic black holes were much more active in the past than the present.
11 Jan 01
This illustration depicts gas from a companion star being drawn by gravity onto a black hole.
14 Jan 00
(Andromeda Galaxy)
Our nearest neighbor spiral galaxy at a distance of two million light years.
14 Jan 00
(Sagittarius A*)
The innermost 10 light years at the center of our galaxy.
Revised: November 13, 2024