Posts Tagged ‘Chandra X-Ray Observatory’
Baubles and Flowers
04 January 2012
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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.
Kangaroo Supernova
09 December 2011
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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.
Growing, glowing spider
11 November 2011
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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.
Cyrano de Supernova
19 October 2011
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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.
Jellyfish Supernova
21 September 2011
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Credit: NASA/CXC/UCSC/L. Lopez et al.
Tucked away in the constellation Centaurus, a colorful bubble of gas and dust resembling a jellyfish, is all that remains of a great star.
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