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What is: Nine archive images of the NASA X -ray telescope
Where is it: Pockets close to stars formation and distant galaxies with giant black holes
When it was shared: July 23, 2025
This new collection of images of the Chandra of NASA space telescope – which launched in 1999 – shows what the different objects in space look like with an additional vision of X -ray.
While the Hubble Images space telescope, the cosmos in the mainly visible light and the James Webb space telescope (JWST) are based on infrared light which exceeds the limits of human vision, Chandra focuses only on high energy X -rays light.
Each of these space telescopes therefore sees the universe through a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and the combination allows researchers to study the cosmos in more detail.
The capacity of Chandra to see in the X -rays light means that it can detect hot and energetic regions such as black holes, supernova and super hot gas pockets. In the Newly published imagesThese energetic X -rays are indicated in pink and purple shades.
In relation: The James Webb and Hubble telescopes unite their strengths to explore a cosmic nursery: space photo of the week
The upper row shows N79 (left), a region of stars formation in the large Magellanic cloud, which is a small satellite neighbor galaxy with the Milky Way. In the image of Chandra, n79 flames with hot gas in the shape of energetic stars. NGC 2146 (in the middle) is a spiral galaxy which bursts with phenomena emitting X -rays like remains of supernova and giant stars winds. And IC 348 (right) is another region of stars formation that sparkles with reflective interstellar locks and young dispersed stars.
The row of the medium shows two spiral galaxies: the milky M83 (left) and NGC 1068 (right). The heart of this last Galaxy is illuminated by high energy X -rays generated by the winds from its black hole, which blows at 1 million MPH (1.6 million km / h). Meanwhile, M82 (center) is a Starburst galaxy, with overheated gas plumes produced while the stars are formed at an extraordinary rate.
On the lower row is NGC 346 (on the left), a young cluster which houses thousands of newborn stars dispersed among the brilliant debris of an exploded star. IC 1623 (center) shows two merging galaxies, which triggers the formation of new stars that shine in the light of X -rays. And Westerlund 1 (right), the largest and closest group of super stars on the earth, contains thousands of stars that shake the cluster with powerful X -rays.
Nasa too published a video Explore the images in more detail and Created a page showing images separated from each object of Chandra, Hubble and JWST.
