To celebrate the Chandra X-ray Observatory’s 25th birthday, NASA has released 25 beautiful, never-before-seen images captured by Chandra. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) is one of NASA’s legendary series of “Great Observatories,” alongside the venerable Hubble Space Telescope, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space …
NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory has turned its sensitive gaze towards a star cluster that is producing new stars at a furious rate. The star cluster, designated as Westerlund 1, is the biggest and closest star cluster to the Earth. Chandra’s capture of Westerlund 1. (Image Credit: NASA/CXC/INAF/M. Guarcello et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Image …
WASHINGTON — Astronomers are pushing back against plans by NASA to cut the budgets of two venerable space telescopes, arguing that the cuts to one of them could jeopardize the future of X-ray astronomy in the United States. NASA’s fiscal year 2025 budget proposal, released March 11, proposed reducing the operating budgets of two of …
Sagittarius A*, the 4.3-million-solar-mass black hole that resides at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that can look like a football, according to an analysis of data gathered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NSF’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large …
This composite image of the Milky Way’s Galactic Center served as the inspiration for a new piece of music, “Where Parallel Lines Converge.” | Image credit: Data: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; IR: Spitzer NASA/JPL-Caltech Although sophisticated telescopes like the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble, and Spitzer have delivered people a more advanced understanding of the cosmos, …
New Delhi: India Mulls Boosting Incentives for International Film Productions The Indian government is considering enhancing the incentives offered to international production houses in order to attract more film projects to the country. Additionally, one-off perks may be granted for high-budget films. Last year, the government introduced an Incentive Scheme for Audio Visual Co-production, allowing …
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has admitted an appeal filed by Subhash Chandra, the chairman of Essel Group, and Punit Goenka, the MD and CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, challenging the interim order imposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). This order barred them from holding director or key managerial positions …