Chandra Examines Black Holes Large and Small in Nearby Galaxy
An x-ray image shows the inner portion of the Circinus Galaxy, with north at the top of the image and east to the left.
Scientists Create 'Molecular Rulers' Enabling Precise Construction of Nanoscale Structures
Scientists Discover Supernova May Control Activity in the Center of Our Galaxy
Scientists Discover Supernova May Control Activity in the Center of Our Galaxy
Sloan Foundation Grant Supports Master's Degree Programs for Scientists at Penn State
Simultaneous Stellar Explosions Create Swiss-Cheese Structure in Distant Galaxy
Simultaneous Stellar Explosions Create Swiss-Cheese Structure in Distant Galaxy
Genes Reveal New Clues about the First Flower
Research conducted by Claude dePamphilis and colleagues offers insight into the history of flowering plants and puts water lillies at the base of the family tree for such plants. Their genetic analyses alter previous perspectives and rank water lillies among the most ancient flowering plants known.
X-rays from the Most Distant Quasar Captured with the XMM-Newton Satellite
European Space Agency (ESA)
Researchers Craft Model that Provides Reasons for Climate Change Observations
Wood anemone
Chandra Discovers the X-ray Signature of a Powerful Wind from a Galactic Microquasar
Artist's impression of an X-ray binary system like Circinus X-1.
Flickering Quasar Helps Chandra Measure the Expansion Rate of the Universe
This figure is a composite of the X-ray image of the gravitational lens RXJ0911.4+551 (top panel) and the light curves of the lensed images A2 (left panel) and A1 (right panel). Chandra clearly resolves the four lensed images of the distant quasar (top panel).
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