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Chandra X-ray ObservatoryNASA/CXC & J. Vaughan On July 23, 1999, just a few months before I enrolled in college, NASA’s…

Expanding / An artist’s illustration of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Twenty-five years ago this week, NASA launched the Chandra X-ray…

The Chandra X-ray Space Telescope began its journey on July 23, 1999. The orbital telescope was launched on the Space…

We live in the age of black hole photography. In 2019, the first photograph of a black hole was published.…

The latest stunning image from the James Webb Space Telescope looks like… a penguin. A giant penguin in space.NASA officials…

Euclid’s image of star-forming region Messier 78Messier 78 ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, Image processing: J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi; CC BY-SA…

Expanding / This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 3783, a bright barred spiral galaxy about 130…

We’ve all seen beautiful images of space, including vivid swirls and bright stars floating in a black abyss. Since the…

“What can astronomers do when the moon tries to obscure the sun during a total solar eclipse and clouds intervene?”…

Expanding / FS Tau is a multi-star system.NASA, ESA, K. Stapelfeldt (NASA JPL), G. Kober Welcome to the Daily Telescope.…