Technology & Innovation

WR124 is an extremely bright, short-lived massive star known as a Wolf-Rayet at a distance of about 28,000 light-years from Earth. These stars fling their outer layers out into space, creating spectacular arrangements seen in an image in infrared .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is sending out a holiday card with four new images of cosmic wonders. Each of the quartet of objects evokes the winter season or one of its celebratory days, either in its name or shape.

Here are four new “winter” space images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Each image contains X-rays from Chandra and data from other telescopes. These images resemble a snowman, Christmas tree, winter landscape, and a partridge.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

To explore, we need to keep our senses open. By developing new “eyesˮ for both the very big and the very small, scientists have opened windows of discovery via technology, science, and engineering. A new collaboration celebrates this spirit of .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Smaller galaxies may have fewer giant black holes than larger galaxies. A new study looked at 1,600 galaxies observed over two decades by NASA’s Chandra. Chandra’s X-rays showed the presence — or lack — of giant black holes in the sample.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.