Coming in Hot — NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets

This graphic shows a three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun. These stars are close enough that they could be prime targets for direct imaging searches for planets using future telescopes. The blue haloes represent stars that have been observed…

Hi-C Flare and FOXSI Launched Successfully

On 4/17/24, HI-C Flare and FOXSI launched 1 minute apart into an extended M-flare from Poker Flat, Alaska. Scientist report that the data they saw from the control room looked amazing and we will hear more about the data as…

Release 2 of the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center (U.S. GHG Center)

On 5/6/24, the U.S. GHG Center (beta) went live with its second release now featuring updated GHG datasets, a new visualization and exploration environment, new content, and other development changes, most of which were led by the IMPACT GHG Center…

NASA’s Chandra Notices the Galactic Center is Venting

These images show evidence for an exhaust vent attached to a chimney releasing hot gas from a region around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, as reported in our latest press release. In the main…

NASA’s Chandra Releases Doubleheader of Blockbuster Hits

New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky — the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A — are being released from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Each includes X-ray data collected by Chandra over about two decades. They…