| 19 Dec 01 |  | NGC 4636 | Chandra's image of the elliptical NGC 4636 shows spectacular symmetric arms, or arcs, of hot gas. |
| 29 Nov 01 |  | Venus | This Chandra image, the first X-ray image ever made of Venus, shows a half crescent due to the relative orientation of the Sun, Earth and Venus. |
| 21 Nov 01 |  | 44i Bootis | This artist's conception depicts the two closely orbiting stars of 44i Bootis. |
| 22 Oct 01 |  | G292.0+1.8 | A young, oxygen-rich supernova remnant with a pulsar at its center surrounded by outflowing material. |
| 18 Oct 01 |  | HH2 | A type of celestial object that has long stumped astronomers has been found to emit X-rays, thus proving a theory of how the objects form. |
| 12 Oct 01 |  | M31
(Andromeda Galaxy) | Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope images of two recently detected emitting globular star clusters. |
| 26 Sep 01 |  | M87 Jet | A giant elliptical galaxy 50 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. |
| 06 Sep 01 |  | 3C58 | The remnant of a supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia. |
| 06 Sep 01 |  | B1509-58 in SNR G320.4-1.2 | A neutron star located about 19,000 light years away in the constellation Circinus. |
| 06 Sep 01 |  | Nova Aquilae | The artist's illustration depicts a classical nova binary system just before an explosion on the surface of the white dwarf. |
| 06 Sep 01 |  | Abell 2390 | A galaxy cluster located 2.5 billion light years from Earth. |
| 06 Sep 01 |  | MS 2137.3-2353 | A galaxy cluster located 3.1 billion light years from Earth. |
| 06 Sep 01 |  | EMSS 1358+6245 | A cluster of galaxies 4 billion light years distant in the constellation Draco. |
| 06 Sep 01 |  | Rosette Nebula | This series of Chandra images shows a mosaic of the Rosette Nebula region. |
| 06 Sep 01 |  | KS 1731-260 | Chandra's observation in March of 2001 of the neutron star KS 1731-260 showed that it is a remarkably 'cool' 3 million degrees Celsius. |
| 06 Sep 01 |  | M15 | Chandra's image of a X-ray source in the globular star cluster M15 shows that it is not one neutron star binary system, but two neutron star binary systems. |
| 05 Sep 01 |  | Sagittarius A* | A compact radio source in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy thought to be a supermassive black hole. |
| 09 Aug 01 |  | Galactic Plane | A portion of the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation Scutum. |
| 06 Aug 01 |  | Centaurus A | A nearby massive elliptical galaxy with an active galactic nucleus in the constellation Centaurus. |
| 19 Jul 01 |  | NGC 4631 | A spiral galaxy about 25 million light years from Earth. |
| 02 Jul 01 |  | Vela Pulsar (Wide-Field View) | Wide-Field View of Vela Pulsar and its pulsar wind nebula. |
| 13 Jun 01 |  | NGC 7027 | This image of NGC 7027 represents the first detection of X-rays from this young planetary nebula. |
| 06 Jun 01 |  | Arches Cluster | This composite image shows an envelope of 60-million-degree gas around a young cluster of stars, known as the Arches cluster. |
| 05 Jun 01 |  | Antennae | This Chandra X-ray image shows the central regions of two colliding galaxies known collectively as "The Antennae." |
| 05 Jun 01 |  | M82 | This Chandra image is colorized to highlight a population of point-like "ultraluminous" X-ray sources in M82, a starburst galaxy 11 million light years from Earth. |
| 05 Jun 01 |  | NGC 253 | The Chandra image of NGC 253 shows a plume of 5 million degree gas in the central region of the galaxy extending above and below the disk of the galaxy, along with point-like X-ray sources. |
| 29 May 01 |  | BALQSO Survey | This illustration demonstrates the possible different points-of-view from which astronomers observe quasars with X-ray satellites. |
| 17 May 01 |  | 47 Tucanae | A globular cluster located about 15,000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Tucana. |
| 14 May 01 |  | Circinus Galaxy | Chandra's observations of a large, nearby galaxy in the constellation of Circinus. |
| 07 May 01 |  | XTE J1118+480 | This Chandra X-ray Observatory image is a spectrum of a black hole, which is similar to the colorful spectrum of sunlight produced by a prism. |
| 04 Apr 01 |  | GRB 010222 | Data from this Chandra image suggest that gamma-ray bursts originate in regions of star formation. |
| 13 Mar 01 |  | Chandra Deep Field-North | Chandra's extremely deep image provides a crucial view of one of the most intensively studied patches of the night sky |
| 13 Mar 01 |  | Chandra Deep Field-South | This Chandra image shows that gigantic black holes were much more active in the past than the present. |
| 05 Mar 01 |  | HCG 62 | A new Chandra image shows remarkable detail and complexity in the central region of a compact galaxy. |
| 15 Feb 01 |  | 3C294 | A cluster of galaxies some 10 billion light years from Earth. |
| 01 Feb 01 |  | Sagittarius A East | Supernova remnant Sagittarius A East. |
| 22 Jan 01 |  | NGC 3603 | A bustling region of star birth in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. |
| 11 Jan 01 |  | "Black" Black Holes | This artist's conception depicts gas from a companion star being drawn by gravity onto a black hole. |
| 10 Jan 01 |  | G11.2-0.3 | A supernova remnant with a central pulsar, located in the constellation of Sagittarius. |
| 08 Jan 01 |  | Orion Nebula Cluster | Time-lapse movie, made from hours of Chandra observations. |
| 08 Jan 01 |  | NGC 6543
(Cat's Eye Nebula) | A "planetary nebula," also known as the Cat's Eye. |
