NASA's flagship mission for X-ray astronomy. A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster started to assemble only about a billion years after the big bang, one or two billion …

Chandra (Sanskrit: चन्द्र, romanized: Chandra, lit. 'shining' or 'moon'), also known as Soma (Sanskrit: सोम), is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation.

Jul 23, 1999 · Chandra allows scientists from around the world to obtain X-ray images of exotic environments to help understand the structure and evolution of the universe.

Jan 28, 2026 · Dozens of flood warnings and more than 200 flood alerts are in place across the UK, after Storm Chandra lashed the country with heavy wind and rain on Tuesday.

Chandra has been a leading discovery engine for advancing theoretical astrophysics and state-of-the-art simulations, many of which are running on supercomputers worldwide as you read this.

Oct 10, 2025 · The Chandra X-ray Observatory has provided a high-energy view of objects and processes throughout the Universe. This Review discusses many of the key results from Chandra’s …

NASA's sophisticated telescope is specially designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe.

Jan 27, 2026 · Storm Chandra brings strong winds and flooding to large parts of the UK as it sweeps across the country - check the forecast where you live Two danger-to-life flood warnings have been …

Jan 28, 2026 · Planets & Transits News: The first Chandra Grahan of the year is going to occur on March 3, 2026. This will be an amazing celestial event for the sky gazers. All the sky watch.

Chandra is an Earth satellite in a 64-hour orbit, and its mission is ongoing as of 2025. Chandra is one of the Great Observatories, along with the Hubble Space Telescope, Compton Gamma Ray …