13 photos from NASA’s most powerful X-ray space telescope reveal the invisible universe
July 24, 20240
“Often you get like a gas cloud that’s glowing, and then there’s this X-ray source in the middle that’s pumping the energy into it that’s causing it to glow,” Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist who leads science data systems for Chandra, called Sagittarius A*, is spinning rapidly.
Chandra may be nearing the end of its mission after drastic budget cuts.
By studying Chandra detections of the X-ray emissions of neutron stars — like the one at the center of this supernova remnant —scientists recently discovered that neutron stars may contain a new type of ultra-dense matter.