Chandra :: Photo Album http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/ Chandra Photo Album :: Recent Discoveries en-us A Nearby Galaxy Metropolis http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m87/ This image is a composite of visible (or optical), radio, and X-ray data of the giant elliptical galaxy, M87. M87 lies at a distance of 60 million light years and is the largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. The Cat's Eye Nebula Redux http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/catseye/ This composite of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope is a new look for NGC 6543, better known as the Cat's Eye nebula. A New Way To Weigh Giant Black Holes http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/ngc4649/ This is a composite image of the giant elliptical galaxy, NGC 4649, located about 51 million light years from Earth. Liberating Star Stuff http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/sn1006c/ Just over a thousand years ago, the stellar explosion known as supernova SN 1006 was observed. Black Holes Have Simple Feeding Habits http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m81/ The biggest black holes may feed just like the smallest ones, according to data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based telescopes. A Mixed Bag http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/w28/ When some stars die, they explode as supernovas and their debris fields (aka, "supernova remnants") expand into the surrounding environments. Supernova Caught in Act of Exploding http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/sn2008d/ On January 9, 2008, NASA's Swift satellite was used to fortuitously observe a very bright X-ray outburst in the spiral galaxy NGC 2770, located 90 million light-years from Earth. Discovery of Most Recent Supernova in Our Galaxy http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/g19/ The expanding remains of a supernova explosion in the Milky Way are shown in this composite image of the supernova remnant G1.9+0.3. Oldest Known Objects May Be Surprisingly Immature http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/gclust/ These are Chandra X-ray Observatory images of the centers of two globular clusters, NGC 6397 and NGC 6121, located in the Milky Way galaxy. Energetic Jets from a Budding Solar System http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/dgtau/ The image on the left from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the first double-sided X-ray jet ever detected from a young star.