Levy was a 24-year-old intern with the Federal Bureau of Prisons when she vanished on May 1, 2001 ...

Today, July 23, marks the 25th anniversary of one of NASA’s lesser known but highly prolific space telescopes. The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999, and over its tenure has ...

Chandra Levy arrived in Washington, D.C. as an enthusiastic intern excited to be working at the Bureau of Prisons. She had hopes to one day land a job at the FBI. But before Chandra could make her ...

A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have ...

When a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs in the universe, it emits X-rays, which are high-energy light particles that aren’t visible to the naked eye. These ...

NASA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Chandra X-ray Observatory launch by sharing never-before-seen photos of the largest known spiral galaxy in the universe. The Chandra X-ray observatory ...

Images and spectra—charts showing the distribution of light across different wavelengths from an object—are the two main ways astronomers investigate the universe. Images tell them what things look ...

Chandra, the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope, has been peering at black holes, stellar explosions and dark energy for a quarter-century Carlyn Kranking | Associate Web Editor, Science ...

Astronomers might face layoffs, a key observatory might be forced to shut down and precious cosmic details might start to fade from view. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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The Chandra X-Ray Observatory (above) and Hubble Space Telescope could face budget cuts as NASA deals with overall spending reductions. Credit: NASA/CXC & J. Vaughan WASHINGTON — Several members of ...

NASA has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Chandra X-ray Observatory's orbital life with a collection of new images that reflect the beauty and scientific importance of the veteran space ...