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Chandra Images by Date: 2016
19 Dec 16
A star formation region about 5,500 light years from Earth.
08 Dec 16
A galaxy undergoing extreme star formation about 12.7 billion 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.
09 Nov 16
An active galaxy located about 590 million light years from Earth.
19 Oct 16
(Centaurus A, Cen A)
An elliptical galaxy, also known as Centaurus A, located about 12 million light years away.
14 Oct 16
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
14 Oct 16
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
14 Oct 16
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
14 Oct 16
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
14 Oct 16
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
14 Oct 16
(Toothbrush Cluster)
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
14 Oct 16
Six objects ranging in location from about 20,000 to nearly 3 billion light years away.
11 Oct 16
Proxima Centauri is a small, cool, red dwarf star.
05 Oct 16
A black hole found in the outer regions of a galaxy about 4.5 billion light years from Earth.
14 Sep 16
A dwarf planet in the outer regions of the Solar System.
08 Sep 16
A neutron star located in the center of the RCW 103 supernova remnant about 10,700 light years from Earth.
30 Aug 16
(Cosmos Cluster)
A galaxy cluster located about 11.1 billion light years from Earth.
17 Aug 16
A supernova in the Milky Way about 16,000 light years from Earth.
10 Aug 16
A galaxy and a cloud of cool gas located about 680 million light years from Earth.
27 Jul 16
A low-mass red dwarf star about 31 light years away from Earth.
14 Jul 16
A gamma-ray burst in a galaxy about 3.9 billion light years from Earth.
27 Jun 16
A binary system containing a quiescent black hole about 7,200 light years from Earth.
13 Jun 16
A group of stars which on average is about 160 light years from Earth.
24 May 16
One of two distant supermassive black hole "seed" candidates.
12 May 16
A supernova remnant located about 10,000 light years from Earth.
28 Apr 16
From a sample of over 300 galaxy clusters used to study dark energy.
28 Apr 16
From a sample of over 300 galaxy clusters used to study dark energy.
28 Apr 16
From a sample of over 300 galaxy clusters used to study dark energy.
28 Apr 16
From a sample of over 300 galaxy clusters used to study dark energy.
18 Apr 16
Two comets when they were relatively close to the Earth.
18 Apr 16
Two comets when they were relatively close to the Earth.
30 Mar 16
A supernova remnant located about 28,000 light years from Earth.
22 Mar 16
The fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in our Solar System.
10 Mar 16
Two galaxy clusters located about 4.3 billion and 5.4 billion light years away respectively.
10 Mar 16
Two galaxy clusters located about 4.3 billion and 5.4 billion light years away respectively.
16 Feb 16
A black hole with an X-ray jet about 11 billion light years from Earth.
02 Feb 16
A galaxy with an extensive jet located about 500 million light years from Earth.
07 Jan 16
A massive galaxy cluster located about 10 billion light years from Earth.
06 Jan 16
A recently discovered black hole, could provide new insight into black hole evolution and behavior.
05 Jan 16
A small galaxy merging with a larger spiral galaxy about 26 million light years from Earth.