An overview of the Chandra mission and goals, Chandra's namesake, top 10 facts.
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Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray sources: black holes to galaxy clusters.
All Chandra images released to the public listed by date & by category
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Chandra Images by Category: Normal Stars & Star Clusters

-Stellar coronas, clusters of stars and hot gas produced by outflow from young stars.

06 Oct 08
A region of active star formation about 4,000 light years from Earth.
28 Apr 08
A globular cluster located in the Milky Way galaxy.
28 Apr 08
A globular cluster located in the Milky Way galaxy.
09 Apr 08
A young star in the Taurus region of star formation, about 450 light years from Earth.
23 Jan 08
A star cluster about 20,000 light years from Earth.
15 Nov 07
NGC 281 is a bustling hub of star formation about 10,000 light years away.
03 Oct 07
A rich cluster of young stars about 1,500 light years from Earth.
13 Sep 07
A region of star formation about 420 light years from Earth.
20 Jun 07
A star between 100 and 150 more massive than the Sun, about 7,500 light years from Earth.
15 Feb 07
A new look at the famous
18 Dec 06
W3 is a region where many massive stars are forming in a string of stellar clusters.
27 Sep 06
A giant region of star formation about 9,000 light years from Earth.
19 Jul 06
This Chandra X-ray image of the Galactic Center shows three massive star clusters near Sagittarius A*.
02 Nov 05
A dense cluster of young stars about 16,000 light years from Earth.
31 Aug 05
A star cluster about 9,000 light years from Earth in the Constellation Carina.
27 Jul 05
Chandra observations of stars hundreds of light years from Earth.
10 May 05
A rich cluster of young stars about 1,500 light years from Earth.
30 Dec 04
An X-ray bright giant star 95 light years from Earth.
23 Dec 04
A star cluster in the direction of the Galactic Center.
23 Dec 04
A star cluster in the direction of the Galactic Center.
23 Dec 04
A star cluster in the direction of the Galactic Center.
09 Nov 04
A red dwarf star 4 light years from the Sun.
28 Jul 04
A dense young star cluster about 26,000 light years from Earth.
22 Jul 04
A source illuminating a nebula 1300 light years from Earth.
30 Jan 04
A white dwarf star in a close orbit with a normal Sun-like star.
14 Oct 03
This composite image reveals dramatic details of a portion of the Crescent Nebula.
14 Aug 03
A young star cluster 5,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.
30 Jul 03
Observations of globular clusters provide a crucial clue to the origin of so-called X-ray binary sources.
30 Jul 03
Observations of globular clusters provide a crucial clue to the origin of so-called X-ray binary sources.
26 May 03
A young star system in the TW Hydrae Association about 180 light years from Earth.
26 May 03
A young star system in the TW Hydrae Association about 180 light years from Earth.
12 Feb 03
A hot gas cloud in a star cluster about 180,000 light years from Earth located in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
18 Dec 02
This Chandra image revealed a diffuse cloud of X-rays enveloping the star cluster.
23 Apr 02
Tarantula Nebula gives scientists a close-up view of the drama of star formation and evolution.
21 Nov 01
This artist's conception depicts the two closely orbiting stars of 44i Bootis.
18 Oct 01
A type of celestial object that has long stumped astronomers has been found to emit X-rays.
06 Sep 01
This series of Chandra images shows a mosaic of the Rosette Nebula region.
06 Jun 01
This composite image shows an envelope of 60-million-degree gas around the Arches cluster.
22 Jan 01
A bustling region of star birth in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy.
08 Jan 01
Time-lapse movie, made from hours of Chandra observations.
09 Nov 00
Chandra Observatory Uncovers Hot Stars In The Making.
08 Nov 00
X-Ray Snapshots Capture the First Cries of Baby Stars
18 Oct 00
O-star in the Orion constellation.
14 Jan 00
Cluster of young stars in the Orion Nebula.
08 Oct 99
A supermassive star and nebula that is one of the brightest infrared sources in the sky.
02 Sep 99
A star forty light years away