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This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Earlier this year, scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.

January 5, 2026

By Michael Allen For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a…

$This release features a composite image of a galaxy cluster first discovered on New Year's Eve day, 2020. The cluster appears here as a large collection of brilliant white lights, each a distinct galaxy. A neon purple cloud stretches across the cluster's crowded core. Many of the hundred-plus galaxies in the cluster are in two clumps of galaxies towards the top and bottom of center. Some are encircled by a faint glowing haze, while a few foreground stars gleam with diffraction spikes. Some of the smaller galaxies are tinted blue, orange, or red, and some appear more oblong than round, suggesting spiral shapes viewed edge-on. The neon purple cloud sits at the heart of the image, surrounding the most densely-packed part of the cluster. This cloud, which spreads vertically across the cluster, is multimillion-degree gas observed by Chandra. The two clumps of observable galaxies, and the spread of superheated gas, reveal that the Champagne Cluster is in fact two clusters in the process of colliding. With the two clusters of sparkling light clinking together, and the auspicious discovery date, astronomers have dubbed the merged cosmic structure "The Champagne Cluster".$

December 30, 2025

Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA’s…

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Chandra & IXPE composite image of the Perseus Cluster.

December 16, 2025

Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has identified…

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NASA’s Chandra Finds Small Galaxies May Buck the Black Hole Trend

December 11, 2025

Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using…

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Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics)

December 10, 2025

Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the universe held together by gravity, containing up to several…

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A person wearing glasses and a dark polo shirt stands indoors holding an open laptop in one hand. In front of him is a piece of large mechanical equipment resembling a planetary surface rover, with white structural arms and panels covered in gold foil. Behind him, another person is carrying a large, flat, rectangular object. The background shows industrial equipment and a large American flag hanging on the wall.

September 26, 2025

By Savannah Bullard One year after winning second place in NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, members of…

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NASA Opens 2026 Human Lander Challenge for Life Support Systems, More

September 26, 2025

NASA’s 2026 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help evolve and transform…

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An artist's concept of a supermassive black hole, a surrounding disk of material falling towards the black hole and a jet containing particles moving away at close to the speed of light. This black hole represents a recently-discovered quasar powered by a black hole. New Chandra observations indicate that the black hole is growing at a rate that exceeds the usual limit for black holes, called the Eddington Limit. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/M. Weiss

September 18, 2025

A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a team of…

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Image shows orange rocket stage with two large solid rocket boosters stacked alongside on March 23.

September 18, 2025

NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket poised to send four astronauts from Earth on a journey…

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NASA Makes Webby 30s List of Most Iconic, Influential on Internet

September 17, 2025

NASA has earned a spot on The Webby 30, a curated list celebrating 30 companies and organizations that…

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NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick (left) and Mark Vande Hei (right) prepare to fly out to a landing zone in the Rocky Mountains as part of the certification run for the NASA Artemis course at the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Gypsum, Colorado, Aug. 26.

September 11, 2025

NASA has certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters, marking a key milestone in crew training…

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NASA to Test Solution for Radiation-Tolerant Computing in Space

September 8, 2025

Onboard computers are critical to space exploration, aiding nearly every spacecraft function from propulsion and navigation systems to…

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NASA’s Chandra Finds Small Galaxies May Buck the Black Hole Trend

Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics)

Break the Ice Winner Starpath Tests Robot at NASA Marshall Thermal Vacuum Chamber

NASA Opens 2026 Human Lander Challenge for Life Support Systems, More

NASA’s Chandra Finds Black Hole With Tremendous Growth

NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Ready to Fly Crew

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NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course

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