Marshall Astrophysics

Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxy clusters
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster – among the largest structures in the universe – started to assemble only about a billion years after the big bang, one or two billion years earlier than previously thought. This result, made using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope, will […]
Posted January 28, 2026
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
General
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Like a recording artist who has had a long career, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has a “back catalog” of cosmic recordings that is impossible to replicate. To access these X-ray tracks, or observations, the ultimate compendium has been developed: the Chandra Source Catalog (CSC).
Posted January 23, 2026
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Astrophysics
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
By Michael Allen  For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star.
Posted January 5, 2026
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxy clusters
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes. Astronomers discovered this galaxy cluster Dec. 31, 2020.
Posted December 30, 2025
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Astrophysics
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Galaxy clusters
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Projects
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
The Universe
X-ray Astronomy
Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has identified the origin of X-rays in a supermassive black hole’s jet, answering a question that has been unresolved since the earliest days of X-ray astronomy.
Posted December 16, 2025
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Quasars
Science & Research
Supermassive Black Holes
The Universe
A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a team of astronomers. This discovery from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may help explain how some black holes can reach enormous masses relatively quickly after the big bang. The black hole weighs about a billion times the mass of the […]
Posted September 18, 2025
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact with surrounding matter deep in the cosmos, using observations from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) and other telescopes.  Scientists based in the U.S., Italy, and Spain, set their sights on a mysterious cosmic
Posted July 15, 2025
Andromeda Galaxy
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. Astronomers use Andromeda to understand the structure and evolution of our own spiral, which is much harder to do since Earth is embedded inside the Milky Way. The galaxy […]
Posted June 26, 2025
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Quasars
Supermassive Black Holes
The Universe
A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and discussed in our latest press release. This jet exists early enough in the cosmos that it is being illuminated by the leftover glow from the big bang itself. Astronomers used […]
Posted June 9, 2025
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
What happens when the universe’s most magnetic object shines with the power of 1,000 Suns in a matter of seconds? Thanks to NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), a mission in collaboration with ASI (Italian Space Agency), scientists are one step closer to understanding this extreme event.  Magnetars are a type of young neutron star […]
Posted June 5, 2025
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