“On behalf of the STS-93 crew, we are tremendously proud of the Chandra X-ray Observatory and its brilliant team that built and launched this astronomical treasure,” Collins said in a ...

Astronomers might face layoffs, a key observatory might be forced to shut down and precious cosmic details might start to fade from view. Last week, an ominous letter was published to the Chandra ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory started its mission back in 1999 when Space Shuttle Columbia released it from its payload bay. Originally, it was supposed to serve only a five-year mission ...

"Chandra is a living legacy that we hope will continue to help us explore the universe for years to come." It really is the summer of cosmic anniversaries. Following the anniversary of the Apollo ...

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is pleased to present a collection of 9 models that were created using images generated by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The launch of this collection ...

For the 25th anniversary of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA produced ghostly time-lapse videos of two centuries-old stellar eruptions. By Dennis Overbye “The past is never dead,” William F ...

Following a series of smaller, but ever-improving X-ray observatories, this vision was fully realized in July of 1999 with the launch and deployment of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Over a quarter ...