{"id":32306,"date":"2025-07-29T17:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/32306\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:25:11","slug":"9-never-before-seen-x-ray-photos-reveal-the-hidden-beauty-of-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/32306\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Never-Before-Seen X-Ray Photos Reveal the Hidden Beauty of Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NASA just released<\/a> a jaw-dropping collection of nine new images captured by its flagship X-ray telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory<\/a>. The Universe looks wild in X-ray light, and scientists can study many fascinating cosmic phenomena in X-rays that are impossible to see across other wavelengths, including visible and ultraviolet light.<\/p>\n

The nine-image collection looks at a diverse range of objects, including spectacular galaxies, clusters, and multi-galaxy systems. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The first image shows N79, a vast star-forming region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a relatively nearby neighbor of the Milky Way galaxy. Thanks to its X-ray imaging capabilities, Chandra can detect the hot gas that very young stars create as they grow, providing key insights into star formation, including how the Sun formed. <\/p>\n

\"ColorfulN79 \u2014 X-ray data from Chandra is shown in purple, while infrared data from NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> (JWST) is shown here in blue, gray, and gold. | Credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/Ohio State Univ\/T. Webb et al.; IR: NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/J. Major <\/p>\n

Next up is NGC 2146, a spiral galaxy. One of the galaxy\u2019s dusty arms is partially obscuring the galactic core as seen from Earth \u2014 Chandra is in orbit around Earth. In this image, Chandra\u2019s X-rays are pink and purple, while Hubble<\/a>, the Las Cumbres Observatory in Chile, and the NSF\u2019s Kitt Peak telescope all contributed data, seen as red, green, and blue wavelengths. <\/p>\n

\"ANCG 2146 | Credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Optical: NASA\/ESA\/STScI and NOIRLab\/NSF\/AURA; Infrared: NSF\/NOAO\/KPNO; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/L. Frattare <\/p>\n

IC 348 is a star-forming region inside the Milky Way galaxy. The wispy structure seen in the new image is interstellar material that reflects the light from the cluster\u2019s many stars. The point-like sources are young stars currently developing inside the cluster.<\/p>\n

\"AIC 348 \u2014 Chandra\u2019s X-ray data is shown here in red, green, and blue, while JWST contributed infrared data (pink, orange, and purple). | Credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Infrared: NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/J. Major <\/p>\n

M83 is a famous spiral galaxy and a popular target for astronomers and astrophotographers because of its face-on orientation toward Earth. Chandra has detected stellar explosions, or supernovae, throughout M83. <\/p>\n

\"AM83 \u2014 Chandra\u2019s X-ray data (red, green, and blue) is combined here with optical data from ground-based telescopes (pink, gold, and gray). | Credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Optical: NASA\/ESA\/AURA\/STScI, Hubble Heritage Team, W. Blair (STScI\/Johns Hopkins University) and R. O\u2019Connell (University of Virginia); Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/L. Frattare <\/p>\n

M82 is a \u201cso-called starburst galaxy,\u201d as Chandra\u2019s team explains. The galaxy has star formation at rates tens to hundreds of times greater than typical galaxies. Chandra\u2019s X-ray data reveals supernova explosions that produce gas at temperatures of millions of degrees, extending out into space for millions of light-years from the galaxy\u2019s beautiful disk. <\/p>\n

\"AM82 \u2014 Chandra\u2019s data is shown here in purple, while the venerable Hubble Space Telescope added optical data in red, green, and blue wavelengths. | Credit: -ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Optical\/IR: NASA\/ESA\/STScI; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/J. Major<\/p>\n

NGC 1068 is a pretty close-by spiral galaxy that has a supermassive black hole at its center about twice the size of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Chandra\u2019s X-ray data shows wind driven from NGC 1068\u2019s black hole, which lights up the galaxy\u2019s center in X-ray wavelengths. <\/p>\n

\"ANGC 1068 \u2014 X-ray data is shown here in blue, while radio data from NSF\u2019s VLA is shown in pink, and optical data from both Hubble and Webb appear as yellow, gray, and gold. | Credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Optical\/IR: NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI (HST and JWST); Radio: NSF\/NRAO\/VLA; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/J. Schmidt and N. Wolk <\/p>\n

NGC 346 is a young cluster with \u201cthousands of newborn stars.\u201d The most massive stars in the cluster generate strong winds and powerful radiation.<\/p>\n

\"ANGC 346 \u2014 Chandra\u2019s X-ray data (purple) shows emissions from a supernova remnant inside NGC 346, while Hubble\u2019s optical and ultraviolet observations (blue, brown, and gold) add other rich details. | Credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; IR\/Optical: NASA\/ESA\/HST; UV: NASA\/ESA\/STScI\/Catholic Univ of America; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/J. Major, and K. Arcand <\/p>\n

Chandra also observes galactic interactions, including IC 1623, a system where two galaxies are merging. When galaxies collide like this, there is often intense new star formation, which glows across only certain wavelengths. Scientists also believe that the merging galaxies in IC 1623 are forming a new supermassive black hole. <\/p>\n

\"AIC 1623 \u2014 The magenta seen here is X-ray imaging data, while the red, gold, and gray is infrared data captured by JWST. | Credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; IR: NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/L. Frattare and J. Major <\/p>\n

Westerlund 1 is the largest and closest \u201csuper\u201d star cluster to Earth, Chandra\u2019s team says. This \u201cgalactic factory\u201d is generating incredible amounts of new stars, and Chandra alone has detected thousands of newborn stars thanks to their high X-ray emissions. <\/p>\n

\"AWesterlund 1 \u2014 Chandra (pink, blue, purple, and orange), Hubble (cyan, gray, and light yellow, and Webb (yellow, gold, and blue) all contributed vital data to this spectacular image. | Credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Optical: NASA\/ESA\/STScI; IR: NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/L. Frattare <\/p>\n

For even more amazing X-ray space photos, space enthusiasts should check out the 25 images<\/a> that Chandra\u2019s team dropped a year ago to celebrate Chandra\u2019s 25th birthday. Chandra is currently under threat of an early cancellation thanks to federal budget cuts at NASA, which would deal a devastating blow to astronomy and astrophysics. Chandra is particularly well-suited to studying high-energy events throughout the Universe, including supernovae and black holes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA just released a jaw-dropping collection of nine new images captured by its flagship X-ray telescope, the Chandra…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[800,24762,49,48,20398,20399,4285,20400,20401,24763,24764,66,306,16132,24765],"class_list":["post-32306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-astronomy","tag-astrophotography","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chandra","tag-chandraxrayobservatory","tag-galaxy","tag-hubble","tag-hubblespacetelescope","tag-jameswebbspacetelescope","tag-jwst","tag-science","tag-space","tag-webb","tag-xray"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}