The Universe produces phenomena that often surpass what science fiction can conjure.

New X-ray data from Chandra confirmed that IDCS J1426 was indeed enormous, weighing in at a whopping 500 trillion times the mass of our Sun.

Astronomers using Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered evidence for powerful blasts produced by a giant black hole.

Bubbles represent important physical phenomena that can be found across many scales and in many different types of objects.

An extraordinary ribbon of hot gas trailing behind a galaxy like a tail has been discovered using data from Chandra X-ray Observatory.

The Jellyfish Nebula, lying about 5,000 light years from Earth, is the remnant of a supernova that occurred over 10,000 years ago.

One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity, one of the most important scientific achievements in the last century.

Modern astronomers know that Delta Orionis is not simply one single star, but rather it is a complex multiple star system.

Astronomers have recently discovered evidence that a planet may have been destroyed in our very own Galaxy.

When something, like a star or a planet, wanders too close to a black hole, it is usually not good news for that object.