Top Stories Tamfitronics Cygnus OB2 is the nearest massive young stellar association to our Sun. In this new composite image, the Chandra data (purple) shows the diffuse X-ray emission and young stars in Cygnus OB2, and infrared data from NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope (red, green, blue, and cyan) reveals young stars and the cooler […]
Top Stories Tamfitronics A neutron star in the X-ray binary system 4U 1820-30 spins 716 times per second, making it one of the fastest-spinning objects ever observed, according to an analysis of data gathered by NASA’s Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) between 2017 and 2022. An artist’s depiction of the X-ray binary system 4U […]
NASA Space Technology A peep of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory after being deployed by Explain Shuttle Columbia’s STS-93 mission on July 23, 1999.(Image credit: NASA) Final week, an ominous letter was published to the Chandra X-ray Observatory’s website. “Dear Chandra neighborhood,” it begins, “As many of you are conscious, the NASA budget for FY25 and […]
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