Chandra :: Press Room http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/ Chandra Press Room :: Recent Discoveries en-us Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and Spurts http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_053117.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_053117.html Wed, 31 May 2017 12:00:00 EST A long-standing question in astrophysics is: how and when did supermassive black holes appear and grow in the early universe? Scientists Find Giant Wave Rolling through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_050217.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_050217.html Tue, 02 May 2017 12:00:00 EST The researchers say the wave formed billions of years ago, after a small galaxy cluster grazed Perseus and caused its vast supply of gas to slosh around an enormous volume of space. Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_033017.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_033017.html Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:00:00 EST CDF-S Transient: A source located in the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) that displays extraordinary properties. NASA Announces Astronomy and Astrophysics Fellows for 2017 http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_032917.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_032917.html Wed, 29 Mar 2017 12:00:00 EST NASA has selected 28 fellows for its prestigious Einstein, Hubble, and Sagan fellowship Star Discovered in Closest Known Orbit Around Likely Black Hole http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_031317.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_031317.html Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:00:00 EST X9: A binary system in 47 Tucanae, a globular cluster located about 14,800 light years from Earth. The Dawn of a New Era for Supernova 1987A http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_022417.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_022417.html Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:00:00 EST Supernova 1987A: A supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light years from Earth Black-Hole-Powered Jets Forge Fuel for Star Formation http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_021417.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_021417.html Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:00:00 EST Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a surprising connection between a supermassive black hole and the galaxy where it resides. Black Hole Meal Sets Record for Duration and Size http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_020617.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_020617.html Mon, 06 Feb 2017 12:00:00 EST A giant black hole ripped apart a star and then gorged on its remains for about a decade, according to astronomers. Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_010517.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_010517.html Thu, 05 Jan 2017 12:00:00 EST Two of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe, a supermassive black hole, and the collision of giant galaxy clusters, have combined to create a stupendous cosmic particle accelerator. Deepest X-ray Image Ever Reveals Black Hole Treasure Trove http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_010517.html/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_010517.html Thu, 05 Jan 2017 12:00:00 EST An unparalleled image from Chandra gives astronomers the best look yet at the growth of black holes over billions of years beginning soon after the Big Bang.