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: Miscellaneous X-ray Sources

Q:
I have never heard of any one mentioning gamma rays. Do gamma rays exist in space?

A:
There are gamma rays in space, and probably every kind of radiation you can think of. [More information on the electromagnetic spectrum is available at http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/em_radiation.html & http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_astro/xrays2.html]

In fact, the most mysterious objects in the universe are very hot flashes of light that emit mostly in the gamma ray energy, called gamma ray bursts. We have a description of gamma ray bursts at http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/grb.html

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