For the first time, astronomers have captured X-ray portraits of a comet from beyond our solar system, are providing a glimpse of what happens when gases from a comet collide with charged particles ...

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the clearest image yet of a galaxy cluster in the making, seen when the universe was only one billion years old.

A breakthrough in materials science could help engineers design cars that are stronger, lighter, and more fuel-efficient. University of Michigan researchers have used powerful X-rays to capture the ...

For the first time ever, astronomers have captured two distinct X-ray views of an interstellar comet, providing an unprecedented glimpse into the interplay between a visitor from beyond our solar ...

Recently, astronomers announced the results of a study using data collected with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of two comets — C/2012 S1 (also known as “Comet ISON”) and C/2011 S4 (“Comet PanSTARRS ...

X-rays light up the surface of our Sun in a bouquet of colors in this new image containing data from NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. The high-energy X-rays seen by NuSTAR are ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the darling of high-energy astrophysics. Famed for providing unequaled x-ray views of voracious supermassive black holes, exploding massive stars and even dark ...

Watching proteins move as they drive the chemical reactions that sustain life is one of the grand challenges of modern ...