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Rogue black hole found terrorizing unfortunate star in distant galaxy
By Keith Cooper published
The Hubble Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory saw an enigmatic intermediate-mass black hole lighting up in X-rays, potentially revealing a way of finding more of them in the future.

'The future for this baby planet doesn’t look great.' Exoplanet is shrinking before the X-ray eyes of NASA's Chandra space telescope
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have used the Chandra X-ray telescope to observe an exoplanet as it disintegrates because its parent star is bombarding it with radiation.

Huge galaxy cluster is wrapped in a cocoon 20 million light-years wide, NASA space telescope finds
By Robert Lea published
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have discovered an entire galaxy cluster wrapped in a 20 million light-year-wide envelope of charged particles.

Astronomers discover mystery cosmic body bursting with X-rays: 'This object is unlike anything we have seen before'
By Robert Lea published
The mystery surrounding a strange cosmic object, or 'long-period transient,' has deepened. This object is bursting with X-rays, and astronomers describe it as unlike anything seen before.

NASA turns the screams of a dying star into music
By Samantha Mathewson published
New data from space telescopes has been transformed into cosmic soundscapes, turning the mysterious activity around black holes into a symphony of the universe.

Mystery solved! Odd X-ray signal was 'death knell' of planet destroyed by zombie star (video)
By Robert Lea published
An X-ray signal that has puzzled scientists for 45 years was the "death knell" of a planet ripped apart by a white dwarf star, data from NASA's Chandra observatory has revealed.

Strange X-ray flash from beyond the Milky Way perplexes scientists
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A mysterious flash of X-ray emission from outside the Milky Way has left astronomers puzzled.

NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes 'blow' on their food to cool it down
By Robert Lea published
Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward them in a cosmic feeding process.
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