Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra Sees Remarkable Outburst From Old Black Hole
The discovery, made by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, provides new insight into the nature of a mysterious class of black holes that can…
Discovery of the Musket Ball Cluster


The newly discovered galaxy cluster is called DLSCL J0916.2+2951. It is similar to the Bullet Cluster, the first system in which the separation of dark and…
A Star Explodes and Turns Inside Out
Using very long observations of Cassiopeia A (or Cas A), a team of scientists has mapped the distribution elements in the supernova remnant in unprecedented…
BU Astrophysicist Leads Team That Discovers “Sloshing” Gas in Galaxy Cluster
Boston—Boston University astrophysicist Elizabeth Blanton led a team of researchers in the discovery of vast clouds of hot gas “sloshing” in Abell 2052, a…
Researchers Discover Superfluid at the Core of a Neutron Star
The findings, entitled, Rapid Cooling of the Neutron Star in Cassiopeia A Triggered by Neutron Superfluidity in Dense Matter, are reported in Physical Review…
Resolving a Galactic Mystery
The glow in the region covered by the Chandra image was discovered to be caused by hundreds of point-like X-ray sources, implying that the glow along the plane…