The Chandra images included in this short 2012 retrospective are drawn from dozens of images posted on our website (from among hundreds taken) in the past year to show the breadth and depth of research done using Chandra.

Unlike with some Hollywood films, a sequel of a movie from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is better than the first.

Supernovas are some of the most dramatic events in the cosmos. These titanic events send shockwaves rumbling through space and create giant bubbles of gas that have been superheated to millions of degrees.

If a star has three times or more the mass of the sun and collapses, it can form a black hole.

There are many things around us that bend. Straws bend. Rivers bend. But did you know that light also bends?

Some of the biggest black holes in the Universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought.

The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from Earth. Astronomers recently completed a survey of galaxies to look for supermassive black holes.

By comparing NGC 922 to galaxies with different mixtures of elements, astronomers hope to master the ideal recipe for what it takes to make these large black holes.

Where can we observe light emitted by atoms? The answer: Here, there, and everywhere.

The most distant jet in X-ray light has been discovered using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.