Posts Tagged ‘Chandra X-Ray Observatory’

The stars in watercolor

Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/CfA/F.Massaro, et al.); Opti­cal (NASA/STScI/C.P.O’Dea); Radio (NSF/VLA/CfA/F.Massaro, et al.)

Unusual and intrigu­ing shapes float out of this com­bined starry image from NASA’s Chan­dra X-ray Obser­va­tory and the Hub­ble Space Tele­scope.

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Baubles and Flowers

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al & ESA/XMM-Newton; Opti­cal: AURA/NOAO/CTIO/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al

A glow­ing bauble high­lights a star-forming flower in this image from NASA’s Chan­dra X-ray Obser­va­tory.

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Kangaroo Supernova

Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/Penn State/S.Park & J.Lee); IR (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

A pur­ple kan­ga­roo lurks in a back­ground of stars in this image from NASA’s Chan­dra X-ray Obser­va­tory.

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Growing, glowing spider

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/PSU/L.Townsley et al.

A glow­ing spi­der is grows inside this mas­sive star-forming region known as the Taran­tula Nebula.

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Cyrano de Supernova

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Texas/S.Park et al, ROSAT; Infrared: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

With a blob of gas bulging from the side, super­nova rem­nant G299.2–2.9 looks like a celes­tial Cyrano de Berg­erac in this image from NASA’s orbit­ing Chan­dra X-ray Observatory.

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