Chandra :: Press Room http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/ Chandra Press Room :: Recent Discoveries en-us Chandra and XMM-Newton Provide Direct Measurement of Distant Black Hole's Spin http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_030514.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_030514.html Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:00:00 EST A quasar located about 6 billion light years from Earth. NASA's Chandra Sees Runaway Pulsar Firing an Extraordinary Jet http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_021814.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_021814.html Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:00:00 EST A runaway pulsar with an extraordinary jet trailing behind it has been found. NASA Spacecraft Take Aim At Nearby Supernova http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_012714.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_012714.html Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:00:00 EST An exceptionally close stellar explosion discovered on Jan. 21 has become the focus of observatories around and above the globe, including several NASA spacecraft. Dead Star and Distant Black Holes Dazzle in X-Rays http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_011314.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_011314.html Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:00:00 EST Two new views from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, showcase the telescope's talent for spying objects near and far. Death By Black Hole In Small Galaxy? http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_010814.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/14_releases/press_010814.html Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:00:00 EST A bright, long duration flare may be the first recorded event of a black hole destroying a star in a dwarf galaxy. Supernova Blast Provides Clues to Age of Binary Star System http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_120413.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_120413.html Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:00:00 EST The youngest member of a class of objects known as "X-ray binaries" has been found. NASA's Chandra Helps Confirm Evidence of Jet in Milky Way's Black Hole http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_112013.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_112013.html Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:00:00 EST Astronomers have found new evidence for jet from the Milky Way's black hole NASA's Great Observatories Begin Deepest Ever Probe of the Universe http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_102413.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_102413.html Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:00:00 EST NASA's Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before. NASA's Hubble and Chandra Find Evidence for Densest Nearby Galaxy http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_092413.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_092413.html Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:00:00 EST Astronomers may have found the densest galaxy in the nearby universe. NASA'S Chandra Catches Our Galaxy's Giant Black Hole Rejecting Food http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_082913.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/13_releases/press_082913.html Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:00:00 EST This discovery holds important implications for understanding black holes.