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On a scale of 1-10, rate the Cartwheel galaxy’s neat trick! Hubble, @ChandraXray, GALEX, and Spitzer captured it in multiple types of light, revealing ripples of star formation from a collision with a smaller galaxy. go.nasa.gov/44yGjrd #NationalCartwheelDay

Known as G359.13, this is one of several giant structures that resemble bones found near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Scientists recently discovered that this galactic "bone," roughly 230 light-years long, has been fractured by a speeding pulsar: s.si.edu/bone

When space telescopes work in harmony, they add new dimensions to our view of the cosmos. By combining infrared and X-ray observations, NASA Webb Telescope and Chandra Observatory have uncovered fresh insights into the explosion that formed Cassiopeia A about 340 years ago, from Earth’s

A black hole has torn apart a star in an unusual location — almost 3,000 light-years away from the center of a galaxy. This off-center event suggests the presence of a second supermassive black hole in the same galaxy. More at: s.si.edu/bhtde 💫

Today Chandra is studying NGC 1097, a beautiful barred spiral galaxy located about 48 million light-years from Earth. Young clusters of blue stars sparkle in the galaxy's arms, while the galaxy's core harbors a monster black hole roughly 140 million times the mass of our Sun.

NGC 6872 is one of the largest spiral galaxies in the known universe. At over 520,000 light-years across, it's more than five times the size of our Milky Way galaxy. This incredible image combines X-ray light from Chandra with optical light from Hubble. 🌀

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are! Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving us fresh clues about the origin of a new class of mysterious objects. More at: s.si.edu/lprt ⭐

This month’s #NASAScience image features Cassiopeia A, one of the most studied supernova remnants. Using data from Chandra Observatory and NASA Webb Telescope, researchers have uncovered previously unseen structures within the stellar debris, offering new insights into the complex aftermath of a

Today Chandra is studying the magnetar in the center of supernova remnant RCW 103. A magnetar is a type of neutron star that's highly magnetized. If this thing was located about half the distance to the moon, it would wipe out the data on every credit card strip on the planet!🤯

New observations have captured a rare cosmic event: two galaxy clusters have collided and are now heading back for another swipe at each other. About 2.8 billion light-years from Earth, the clusters are currently separated by about 11 million light-years. s.si.edu/g181

A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra. This jet exists early enough in the cosmos that it is being illuminated by the leftover glow from the big bang itself. More: s.si.edu/j1610

A record-breaking structure, spanning nearly 20 million light-years, has been discovered in a galaxy cluster. It could help us understand how magnetic fields shape the Universe on the largest scales — one of the major unanswered questions in astrophysics: s.si.edu/g287

#TBT to the June 1, 1990, launch of ROSAT (Roentgen Satellite), an X-ray telescope developed jointly by Germany, the United Kingdom, and NASA. The telescope retired in 1999, but astronomers still use ROSAT’s data, like in this recently-released image of the Cygnus Loop.

Is it bad luck if a black hole crosses your path? #FridayThe13th It depends on how close you get! Maybe you’ll safely fly by, like in this simulation …

Today Chandra is studying a not so itsy bitsy spider that's making big waves. Located about 3,000 light-years from Earth, the Red Spider Nebula is home to one of the hottest stars known. The star produces powerful stellar winds, generating waves about 100 billion kilometers high.

This new image shows the Andromeda Galaxy in 5 different types of light — X-ray, UV, optical, infrared, and radio. Andromeda, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. s.si.edu/andromeda25