An overview of the Chandra mission and goals, Chandra's namesake, top 10 facts.
Classroom activities, printable materials, interactive games & more.
Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray sources: black holes to galaxy clusters.
All Chandra images released to the public listed by date & by category
Current Chandra press releases, status reports, interviews & biographies.
A collection of multimedia, illustrations & animations, a glossary, FAQ & more.
A collection of illustrations, animations and video.
Chandra discoveries in an audio/video format.
Q&A: Black Holes
If light cannot escape black holes, how can we take pictures of them?
You are correct that light can't escape a
black hole. What we can see in astronomical images is light from material
that is heated up when it gets close to a black hole. This material can
glow very brightly, especially in ultraviolet light and X-rays.
Please see:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/blackholes.html for more details.
