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17 Dec 09
Supernova remnants representing two different types of supernova explosions.
10 Dec 09
A pair of colliding galaxies at a distance of about 180 million light years from Earth.
23 Nov 09
The remnants of a star that exploded and that appeared in Earth's sky almost a thousand years ago.
10 Nov 09
The core of the Milky Way at a distance of some 26,000 light years from Earth.
22 Sep 09
A 400 by 900 light-year mosaic of images located about 26,000 light years from Earth.
12 Aug 09
A cloud of molecular hydrogen in the Milky Way about 2,400 light years from Earth.
23 Jul 09
Officially known as 1E0102.2-7129, a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
09 Jul 09
A group of galaxies that is located about 280 million light years from Earth.
09 Jun 09
A supernova remnant located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, about 190,000 light years from Earth.
14 May 09
A galaxy, about 600 million light years away, with a supermassive black hole at its center.
29 Apr 09
A ridge-like structure near the center of the Milky Way of X-ray emission discovered by earlier telescopes.
16 Apr 09
One of the most complex galaxy clusters, located about 5.4 billion light years from Earth.
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.
06 Jan 09
The supernova remnant that was Chandra's "First Light" has been observed over time.
06 Jan 09
A multiwavelength three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of a supernova remnant has been created.
Revised: June 02, 2022