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-Hot, isolated neutron stars, rotation-powered pulsars, and neutron stars accreting matter from a nearby companion star.
24 Apr 24
The remains of two exploded stars located in the Milky Way galaxy.
22 Oct 20
A binary system with a neutron star and companion located about 29,000 light years away.
16 Apr 19
A neutron star merger located in a galaxy about 6.6 billion light years from Earth.
16 Oct 18
(Kilonova Event)
The likely merger of two neutron stars located about 1.7 billion light years from Earth.
31 May 18
A gravitational wave source located in the NGC 4993 galaxy about 130 million light years from Earth.
09 May 18
A region around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth.
14 Mar 18
A new composite image of the Crab Nebula features X-rays from Chandra, optical data from Hubble, and infrared data from Spitzer.
18 Jan 18
The gamma ray burst unleashed by the collision is more complex than scientists initially imagined.
16 Oct 17
A gravitational wave source located in the NGC 4993 galaxy about 130 million light years from Earth.
13 Mar 17
A binary system in 47 Tucanae, a globular cluster located about 14,800 light years from Earth.
21 Nov 16
A small cloud of dust and gas containing a new star being formed about 20,000 light years from Earth.
14 Oct 16
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
08 Sep 16
A neutron star located in the center of the RCW 103 supernova remnant about 10,700 light years from Earth.
27 Jun 16
A binary system containing a quiescent black hole about 7,200 light years from Earth.
10 Dec 15
A supernova remnant nicknamed the "Jellyfish Nebula" located about 5,000 light years from Earth.
08 Oct 15
Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.
23 Jun 15
A system with a neutron star in orbit with a massive star about 30,700 light years from Earth.
21 Oct 14
(B1509)
Six images that combine Chandra data with those from other telescopes.
22 Jul 14
The neutron star, also known as a pulsar, is spewing out a blizzard of high-energy particles.
04 Dec 13
A neutron star and normal star binary pair about 26,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy.
26 Sep 13
These two images show a large change in X-ray brightness of a rapidly rotating neutron star, or pulsar, between 2006 and 2013.
28 Jun 12
A pulsar found racing away from a supernova remnant about 30,000 light years from Earth.
01 Feb 12
A supernova remnant located about 14,700 light years from Earth toward the center of the Milky Way
12 Jan 11
A system containing a black hole about 14 times the Sun's mass in orbit with a companion star.
14 Oct 10
A slowly rotating neutron star with a very weak magnetic field at its surface.
23 Nov 09
The remnants of a star that exploded and that appeared in Earth's sky almost a thousand years ago.
03 Apr 09
(B1509)
A 1700-year-old pulsar and its nebula, located about 17,000 light years from Earth.
25 Mar 09
A stellar-mass black hole with about 14 times the Sun's mass in the Milky Way.
26 Feb 09
The oldest pulsar detected in X-rays at a distance of about 770 light years from Earth.
28 Nov 07
A neutron star created when a massive star exploded about 3,700 years ago.
27 Jun 07
A system where a neutron star is in orbit with a star several times the mass of the Sun.
24 Oct 06
A supernova remnant and pulsar located 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Taurus.
21 Jun 06
A binary star system consisting of a black hole and a normal star, located about 11,000 light years from Earth.
10 Jan 05
The central region of the Milky Way, about 25,000 light years from Earth.
30 Jul 03
Observations of globular clusters provide a crucial clue to the origin of so-called X-ray binary sources.
30 Jul 03
Observations of globular clusters provide a crucial clue to the origin of so-called X-ray binary sources.
30 Jul 03
Observations of globular clusters provide a crucial clue to the origin of so-called X-ray binary sources.
30 Jul 03
Observations of globular clusters provide a crucial clue to the origin of so-called X-ray binary sources.
30 Jul 03
Observations of globular clusters provide a crucial clue to the origin of so-called X-ray binary sources.
30 Jun 03
A jet of high-energy particles associated with the Vela pulsar about 1,000 light years from Earth.
19 Sep 02
The remnant of a supernova located 6,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus.
25 Jun 02
A distant supernova remnant with a bright ring of high-energy particles and a central point-like source.
06 Jun 02
This artist's conception depicts a neutron star located about 7,000 light years from Earth.
10 Apr 02
A compact star about 400 light years from Earth in the constellation Corona Australis.
10 Apr 02
A supernova remnant with a central pulsar about 10,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia.
06 Sep 01
(B1509)
A neutron star located about 19,000 light years away in the constellation Circinus.
06 Sep 01
Chandra's observation showed that KS 1731-260 is a remarkably 'cool' 3 million degrees Celsius.
06 Sep 01
Chandra's image of M15 shows that it is not one neutron star binary system, but two neutron star binary systems.
17 May 01
A globular cluster located about 15,000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Tucana.
10 Jan 01
A supernova remnant with a central pulsar, located in the constellation of Sagittarius.
11 Dec 00
A supernova remnant with a newly discovered neutron star 5,000 light years from Earth.
08 Nov 00
Chandra Discovers the X-ray Signature of a Powerful Wind from a Galactic Microquasar
Revised: November 20, 2024