The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. See 25 'never-before-seen' images from the observatory to mark the anniversary. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

BAE Systems (LON: BA) is celebrating the successful launch of NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, ...

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.

Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.

Astronomers have uncovered a baffling cosmic anomaly — a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 5084 that appears to be ...

The X-ray signal from WD 2226-210 is similar to the X-ray emissions of two other white dwarfs that do not sit within cocoons ...

Science & Tech Trending - A galaxy 12.9 billion light-years away has a supermassive black hole at its centre that is shooting ...

Space scientists say they have located a planet killer capable of ripping worlds to pieces. Researchers believe they've found ...

A white dwarf, or dying star, caused the destruction of a Jupiter-sized planet that is only around 650 light years away from ...

About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...

The data came from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ESA's XMM-Newton. Previously, scientists discovered that a ...