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Chandra Images by Category: Black Holes -Stellar black holes, mid-mass black holes, and supermassive black holes. 24 Mar 26 Two galaxies in a large survey to study the growth of supermassive black holes. 24 Mar 26 Two galaxies in a large survey to study the growth of supermassive black holes. 24 Mar 26 Two galaxies in a large survey to study the growth of supermassive black holes. 19 Mar 26 A collection of spring-themed images is meant to celebrate the "flowering" that occurs throughout space. 19 Mar 26 (Pelican Nebula) A collection of spring-themed images is meant to celebrate the "flowering" that occurs throughout space. 23 Jan 26 The region around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy called Sagittarius A*. 16 Dec 25 A luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT)about 1.1 billion light-years from Earth. 11 Dec 25 Two galaxies from a sample of 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. 11 Dec 25 A galaxy from a sample of over 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. 11 Dec 25 A galaxy from a sample of over 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. 09 Dec 25 A sample of five galaxy clusters that have had a new technique applied. 09 Dec 25 A sample of five galaxy clusters that have had a new technique applied. 09 Dec 25 A sample of five galaxy clusters that have had a new technique applied. 18 Sep 25 A quasar located about 12.8 billion light-years from Earth. 24 Jul 25 A black hole located about 453 million light-years from earth. 23 Jul 25 A starburst galaxy where stars are forming at rates 10s to 100s of times higher than normal galaxies. 23 Jul 25 A system where two galaxies are in the process of merging. 15 Jul 25 A galaxy that may contain the first newborn supermassive black hole ever spotted. 25 Jun 25 (Andromeda Galaxy) This galaxy is the closest spiral to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. 09 Jun 25 A growing supermassive black hole, or quasar, located about 11.6 billion light-years from Earth. 08 May 25 Three new sonifications of objects with a connection to black holes. 08 May 25 A "tidal disruption event" (TDE) in a galaxy about 610 million light-years from Earth. 27 Mar 25 A binary system with a stellar-mass black hole and Sun-like star about 11,000 light-years from Earth. 27 Jan 25 Two of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey. 27 Jan 25 Two of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey. 04 Nov 24 A black hole at the center of a galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. 09 Oct 24 A black hole located about 210 million light-years from Earth. 09 Sep 24 Cores of two galaxies are on a collision course. 14 Aug 24 A "tidal disruption event" located about 860 million light-years from Earth. 22 Jul 24 (Sagittarius A*) 25 Images for Chandra's 25th Anniversary 11 Jun 24 A study of over 8,000 rapidly growing black holes. 22 May 24 A cluster and group of galaxies that are part of a larger sample to study black hole jets. 22 May 24 A galaxy cluster that is part of a larger sample to study black hole jets. 09 May 24 A structure about 700 light-years from the center of the Milky Way. 28 Feb 24 Three new translations of telescope data into sound. 21 Feb 24 A galaxy cluster about 3.8 billion light years from Earth where two large galaxies are colliding. 08 Feb 24 The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years away. 17 Jan 24 A black hole inside a supernova remnant located about 18,000 light-years away. 06 Nov 23 A galaxy containing the most distant black hole discovered in X-rays located about 13.2 billion light years away. 13 Sep 23 (Sagittarius A*) Five new multiwavelength images featuring Chandra data. 22 Aug 23 A tidal disruption event about 290 million miles away from Earth. 21 Jun 23 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. 23 May 23 A spiral galaxy located about 32 million light-years from Earth. 04 May 23 A massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. 22 Feb 23 Merging dwarf galaxies about 760 million and 3.2 billion light-years away respectively. 22 Feb 23 Merging dwarf galaxies about 760 million light-years away. 22 Feb 23 Merging dwarf galaxies about 3.2 billion light-years away. 11 Jan 23 A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. 11 Jan 23 A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. 11 Jan 23 A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. 21 Nov 22 (V404 Cyg) A stellar-mass black hole with a companion star about 2,900 light-years from Earth. 18 Aug 22 A spiral galaxy located about 54 million light-years from Earth. 12 May 22 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way located about 27,000 light years away. 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. 31 Mar 22 Nicknamed the "Spiderweb," a galaxy in a protocluster about 10.6 billion light years away. 10 Jan 22 A dwarf galaxy located about 110 million light years from Earth. 16 Dec 21 A galaxy cluster located about 3.9 billion light years from Earth. 31 Aug 21 A single or pair of growing supermassive black holes located 11.8 billion light-years from Earth. 05 Aug 21 (V404 Cyg) A binary system including a black hole about 7,800 light years from Earth. 02 Jul 21 (MCXC J0621.7-5242) A cluster of galaxies located about 690 million light years from Earth. 14 Apr 21 A galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center located about 55 million light years from Earth. 09 Mar 21 A quasar located about 12.7 billion light years from Earth. 08 Feb 21 A supernova remnant located near the center of the Milky Way. 14 Jan 21 Two of seven triple galaxy mergers that are located between 370 million and one billion light years away from Earth. 14 Jan 21 One of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 890 million light years from Earth. 14 Jan 21 One of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 960 million light years from Earth. 17 Dec 20 A cluster of galaxies located about 2.7 billion light years from Earth. 14 Oct 20 Over 700 supermassive black holes at a range of distances. 02 Sep 20 A sample of multiwavelength images with data from Chandra and other telescopes. 15 Jul 20 The deepest X-ray image ever obtained that contains 28 previously misidentified black holes. 29 May 20 A system with a black hole and companion star about 10,000 light years from Earth. 23 Apr 20 A galaxy with a central supermassive black hole about 250 million light years from Earth. 19 Mar 20 A galaxy cluster located about 240 million light years from Earth. 27 Feb 20 A galaxy cluster located about 390 million light years from Earth. 06 Jan 20 A galaxy with a supermassive black hole about 55 million light years from Earth. 17 Dec 19 Two colliding groups of galaxies located about 380 million light years from Earth. 26 Nov 19 A galaxy located about 9.9 billion light years from Earth 25 Sep 19 A trio of black holes located about a billion light years from Earth. 11 Sep 19 A galaxy containing a supermassive black hole about 250,000 light years from Earth. 08 Aug 19 A black hole obscured by gas and dust about 13 billion light years from Earth. 10 Apr 19 The core of a galaxy about 50 million light years from Earth. 29 Jan 19 About 1,600 rapidly growing black holes located up to 12.7 billion light years from Earth. 09 Jan 19 A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth. 06 Sep 18 A ring galaxy located about 300 million light years from Earth. 09 Aug 18 Two separate surveys of "intermediate-mass black holes" that stretch from the nearby Universe to 10.9 billion light years away. 18 Jun 18 A medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on a nearby star. 09 May 18 A region around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth. 03 Apr 18 A galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth. 15 Feb 18 The growth of the biggest black holes in the Universe is outrunning the rate of formation of stars in the galaxies they inhabit. 10 Jan 18 The region of the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth. 19 Dec 17 A galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth. 30 Nov 17 An object possibly containing two supermassive black holes about 2.6 billion light years away. 03 Oct 17 Two pairs of merging supermassive black holes 03 Oct 17 Two pairs of merging supermassive black holes 26 Jun 17 Arp 299: A system of merging galaxies located about 140 million light years from Earth. 31 May 17 A population of growing black holes over 13 billion light years from Earth. 11 May 17 A candidate recoiling black hole located in an elliptical galaxy about 3.9 billion light years away. 02 May 17 Scientists have found a vast wave of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster spanning some 200,000 light years. 19 Apr 17 Centaurus Cluster: A cluster of galaxies located about 145 million light years from Earth. 30 Mar 17 (CDF-S XT1) A source located in the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) that displays extraordinary properties. 05 Jan 17 A pair of colliding galaxy clusters about 2 billion light years away. 05 Jan 17 The deepest X-ray image, containing objects at a distance of nearly 13 billion light years. 05 Oct 16 A black hole found in the outer regions of a galaxy about 4.5 billion light years from Earth. 14 Jul 16 A gamma-ray burst in a galaxy about 3.9 billion light years from Earth. 27 Jun 16 A binary system containing a quiescent black hole about 7,200 light years from Earth. 24 May 16 One of two distant supermassive black hole "seed" candidates. 06 Jan 16 A recently discovered black hole, could provide new insight into black hole evolution and behavior. 21 Oct 15 A tidal disruption in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth. 08 Oct 15 Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away. 23 Sep 15 The 4-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of the Milky Way. 09 Jul 15 A black hole ejects part of the accreted matter in the form of energetic radiation. 14 May 15 (Sgr Magnetar) A magnetar as close as about 2 trillion miles to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. 05 Jan 15 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years from Earth. 13 Nov 14 The Milky Way's supermassive black hole, about 26,000 light years from Earth. 27 Oct 14 A galaxy cluster about 250 million light years away. 08 Oct 14 A source with unusual pulsations in the M82 galaxy about 11.4 million light years from Earth. 24 Jun 14 A giant collection of galaxies immersed in hot gas about 250 million light years from Earth. 23 Apr 14 Four images of galaxies that have been made using data from both amateur and professional telescopes. 05 Mar 14 A quasar located about 6 billion light years from Earth. 20 Nov 13 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way 24 Oct 13 The supermassive black hole about 26,000 light years from Earth at the center of the Milky Way 29 Aug 13 The supermassive black hole located 26,000 light years from Earth in the center of the Milky Way. 12 Jun 13 (Andromeda Galaxy) A spiral galaxy located 2.5 million light years from our own. 30 Apr 13 A pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 330 million light years from Earth. 18 Dec 12 A galaxy cluster about 1.3 billion light years from Earth with a large elliptical galaxy in its center. 18 Dec 12 A galaxy cluster about 1.89 billion light years from Earth. 11 Jun 12 New evidence from Chandra challenges prevailing ideas about how supermassive black holes grow in the centers of galaxies. 11 Jun 12 A galaxy, located 85 million light years away, with an unusually large central black hole. 04 Jun 12 The galaxy at the center of this image contains an X-ray source, CID-42, with exceptional properties. 03 May 12 A galaxy about 2.7 billion light years from Earth with a supermassive black hole at its center. 21 Feb 12 A binary system containing a stellar-mass black hole. 08 Feb 12 Illustration of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. 17 Nov 11 A stellar-mass black hole in orbit with a companion star located about 6,000 light years from Earth. 27 Jul 11 lenticular galaxy located about 32 million light years from Earth. 15 Jun 11 A composite image combines the deepest X-ray image with optical and infrared data. 07 Apr 11 A gamma-ray burst located about 3.8 billion light years from Earth. 13 Jan 11 A starburst galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth. 12 Jan 11 A system containing a black hole about 14 times the Sun's mass in orbit with a companion star. 10 Jan 11 A dwarf starburst galaxy about 30 million light years from Earth. 15 Nov 10 A supernova that was seen to explode in 1979 from Earth, found in the galaxy M100. 18 Aug 10 A massive galaxy about 50 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. 21 Jul 10 A galaxy harboring a giant black hole about 780 million light years away. 07 Jul 10 A galaxy about 12.7 million light years away containing a so-called microquasar. 30 Jun 10 A source in the Cosmic Evolution Survey field thought to be at a distance of almost 4 billion light years. 25 May 10 (Andromeda Galaxy) A supermassive black hole in the center of Andromeda 29 Apr 10 The nearest starburst galaxy to Earth at a distance of 12 million light years. 17 Feb 10 (Andromeda Galaxy) One of six galaxies in a study to examine properties of Type Ia supernovas. 05 Jan 10 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. 06 Oct 09 A galaxy about 330 million light years from Earth. 27 Aug 09 A black hole in close orbit around a blue supergiant star. 25 Mar 09 A stellar-mass black hole with about 14 times the Sun's mass in the Milky Way. 13 Nov 08 A massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. 05 Aug 08 The largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of galaxies at a distance of 60 million light years away. 18 Jun 08 A spiral galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth. 16 Apr 08 Clouds of gas near the central black hole brightened and faded quickly in X-ray light. 10 Jan 08 A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. 10 Jan 08 A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. 10 Jan 08 A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. 25 Oct 07 A compilation of long observations on the same patch of sky. 17 Oct 07 A binary system in the galaxy M33 where a large companion star is in orbit around a black hole. 02 Nov 06 A galaxy cluster located about 2.6 billion light years away in the constellation of Camelopardus. 05 Oct 06 An elliptical galaxy known in the Virgo cluster about 50 million light years away. 21 Jun 06 A binary star system consisting of a black hole and a normal star, located about 11,000 light years from Earth. 05 Jun 06 (Andromeda Galaxy) This color-coded Chandra image shows the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy. 24 Apr 06 A galaxy 12 million light years from Earth that is undergoing a burst of star formation. 24 Apr 06 A large elliptical galaxy in the Centaurus Galaxy Cluster 24 Apr 06 An elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away. 24 Apr 06 An elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away. 24 Apr 06 An elliptical galaxy 146 million light years away. 01 Dec 05 The central region of a rich galaxy cluster about 250 million light years from Earth. 13 Oct 05 Chandra's image of the Galactic Center has provided evidence for a new and unexpected way for stars to form. 23 May 05 X-rays from iron atoms near supermassive black holes in the Chandra Deep Fields. 23 May 05 X-rays from iron atoms near supermassive black holes in the Chandra Deep Fields. 06 Apr 05 Merging submillimeter galaxies. 22 Mar 05 An Ultraluminous X-ray Source in the Spiral Galaxy M74 15 Feb 05 A region of the sky with a minimum of light-absorbing gas. 05 Jan 05 A cluster of galaxies 2.6 billion light years from Earth. 01 Jun 04 Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth. 01 Jun 04 Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth. 10 May 04 Long-exposure image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87. 10 Apr 04 A mid-size black hole in the star cluster MGG 11. 18 Feb 04 A star being torn apart by the tidal forces of a black hole. 05 Jan 04 Jets from SS 433 may be originating five times closer to the black hole than previously thought. 17 Sep 03 Telltale X-rays from iron may reveal if black holes are spinning or not. 17 Sep 03 Telltale X-rays from iron may reveal if black holes are spinning or not. 01 Sep 03 A 53-hour Chandra observation of the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster. 19 Jun 03 The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South. 19 Jun 03 The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South. 06 Jan 03 This image of Sgr A* was made from the longest X-ray exposure of that region to date. 11 Dec 02 This image shows two high speed lobes 5 trillion kilometers apart on opposite sides of a binary black hole system. 19 Nov 02 An extremely luminous galaxy about 400 million light years from Earth. 03 Oct 02 A binary star system of a black hole and a normal star located in the Milky Way about 17,000 light years away. 28 Jun 02 Scientists Observe Light Fighting To Escape Black Hole's Pull 12 Oct 01 (Andromeda Galaxy) Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope images of two recently detected emitting globular star clusters. 05 Sep 01 A compact radio source in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy thought to be a supermassive black hole. 05 Jun 01 This Chandra image shows a population of point-like "ultraluminous" X-ray sources in M82. 07 May 01 Chandra image of a spectrum of a black hole, which is similar to the colorful spectrum of sunlight produced by a prism. 13 Mar 01 A view of one of the most intensively studied patches of the night sky. 13 Mar 01 This image shows that gigantic black holes were much more active in the past than the present. 01 Feb 01 Supernova remnant Sagittarius A East. 11 Jan 01 This illustration depicts gas from a companion star being drawn by gravity onto a black hole. 12 Sep 00 Mid-mass black hole found 600 light years from galaxy center. 25 May 00 X-ray spectrum probes black hole environs. 14 Jan 00 The nearest starburst galaxy at a distance of 11 million light years from Earth. 14 Jan 00 (Andromeda Galaxy) Our nearest neighbor spiral galaxy at a distance of two million light years. 14 Jan 00 (Sagittarius A*) The innermost 10 light years at the center of our galaxy.
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[![Photo of Supermassive Black Hole Growth](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/bhgrowth_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/) 24 Mar 26 [Supermassive Black Hole Growth](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/) Two galaxies in a large survey to study the growth of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of J033225.7-274936](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/bhgrowth_j033225_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/) 24 Mar 26 [J033225.7-274936](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/) Two galaxies in a large survey to study the growth of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of J033215.3-275044](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/bhgrowth_j033215_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/) 24 Mar 26 [J033215.3-275044](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/) Two galaxies in a large survey to study the growth of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of Cygnus OB3](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/spring_cygnusob3_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/) 19 Mar 26 [Cygnus OB3](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/) A collection of spring-themed images is meant to celebrate the "flowering" that occurs throughout space. [![Photo of NGC 7000](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/spring_pelican_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/) 19 Mar 26 [NGC 7000](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/) (Pelican Nebula) A collection of spring-themed images is meant to celebrate the "flowering" that occurs throughout space. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/csc/csc_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/csc/) 23 Jan 26 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/csc/) The region around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy called Sagittarius A\*. [![Photo of AT 2024wpp](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/fbot/fbot_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/fbot/) 16 Dec 25 [AT 2024wpp](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/fbot/) A luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT)about 1.1 billion light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Fractions](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/smbhs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/) 11 Dec 25 [Black Hole Fractions](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/) Two galaxies from a sample of 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of NGC 6278](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/smbhs_ngc6278_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/) 11 Dec 25 [NGC 6278](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/) A galaxy from a sample of over 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of PGC 039620](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/smbhs_pgc039620_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/) 11 Dec 25 [PGC 039620](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/) A galaxy from a sample of over 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/xa_ms0735_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/) 09 Dec 25 [MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/) A sample of five galaxy clusters that have had a new technique applied. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/xa_perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/) 09 Dec 25 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/) A sample of five galaxy clusters that have had a new technique applied. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/xa_m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/) 09 Dec 25 [M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/) A sample of five galaxy clusters that have had a new technique applied. [![Photo of RACS J0320-35](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/red6/red6_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/red6/) 18 Sep 25 [RACS J0320-35](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/red6/) A quasar located about 12.8 billion light-years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 6099 HLX-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/ngc6099/ngc6099_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/ngc6099/) 24 Jul 25 [NGC 6099 HLX-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/ngc6099/) A black hole located about 453 million light-years from earth. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/cosmic_m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/) 23 Jul 25 [M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/) A starburst galaxy where stars are forming at rates 10s to 100s of times higher than normal galaxies. [![Photo of IC 1623](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/cosmic_ic1623_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/) 23 Jul 25 [IC 1623](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/) A system where two galaxies are in the process of merging. [![Photo of Infinity Galaxy](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/infinity/infinity_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/infinity/) 15 Jul 25 [Infinity Galaxy](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/infinity/) A galaxy that may contain the first newborn supermassive black hole ever spotted. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/m31/) 25 Jun 25 [M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/m31/) (Andromeda Galaxy) This galaxy is the closest spiral to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. [![Photo of J1610+1811](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1610/j1610_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1610/) 09 Jun 25 [J1610+1811](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1610/) A growing supermassive black hole, or quasar, located about 11.6 billion light-years from Earth. [![Photo of SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/sonify10/sonify10_ss433_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/sonify10/) 08 May 25 [SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/sonify10/) Three new sonifications of objects with a connection to black holes. [![Photo of AT2024tvd](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/bhtde/bhtde_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/bhtde/) 08 May 25 [AT2024tvd](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/bhtde/) A "tidal disruption event" (TDE) in a galaxy about 610 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of GRO J1655-40](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1655/j1655_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1655/) 27 Mar 25 [GRO J1655-40](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1655/) A binary system with a stellar-mass black hole and Sun-like star about 11,000 light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Filaments in Clusters](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/filaments_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) 27 Jan 25 [Filaments in Clusters](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) Two of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/filaments_perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) 27 Jan 25 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) Two of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey. [![Photo of LID-568](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/lid568/lid568_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/lid568/) 04 Nov 24 [LID-568](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/lid568/) A black hole at the center of a galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. [![Photo of AT2019qiz](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/tde/tde_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/tde/) 09 Oct 24 [AT2019qiz](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/tde/) A black hole located about 210 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of MCG-03-34-64](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/collide/collide_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/collide/) 09 Sep 24 [MCG-03-34-64](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/collide/) Cores of two galaxies are on a collision course. [![Photo of AT2018fyk](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsnack/bhsnack_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsnack/) 14 Aug 24 [AT2018fyk](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsnack/) A "tidal disruption event" located about 860 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/25th/25th_gcenter_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/25th/) 22 Jul 24 [Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/25th/) (Sagittarius A\*) 25 Images for Chandra's 25th Anniversary [![Photo of Supermassive Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsim/bhsim_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsim/) 11 Jun 24 [Supermassive Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsim/) A study of over 8,000 rapidly growing black holes. [![Photo of Death Star Black Holes](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/deathstars_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/) 22 May 24 [Death Star Black Holes](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/) A cluster and group of galaxies that are part of a larger sample to study black hole jets. [![Photo of Abell 478](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/deathstars_a478_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/) 22 May 24 [Abell 478](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/) A galaxy cluster that is part of a larger sample to study black hole jets. [![Photo of Galactic Center Vent](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/vent/vent_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/vent/) 09 May 24 [Galactic Center Vent](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/vent/) A structure about 700 light-years from the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of M74](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/sonify8/sonify8_m74_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/sonify8/) 28 Feb 24 [M74](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/sonify8/) Three new translations of telescope data into sound. [![Photo of SDSS J1531+3414](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/beads/beads_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/beads/) 21 Feb 24 [SDSS J1531+3414](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/beads/) A galaxy cluster about 3.8 billion light years from Earth where two large galaxies are colliding. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/football/football_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/football/) 08 Feb 24 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/football/) The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years away. [![Photo of SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/ss433/ss433_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/ss433/) 17 Jan 24 [SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/ss433/) A black hole inside a supernova remnant located about 18,000 light-years away. [![Photo of UHZ1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/uhz1/uhz1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/uhz1/) 06 Nov 23 [UHZ1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/uhz1/) A galaxy containing the most distant black hole discovered in X-rays located about 13.2 billion light years away. [![Photo of Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/archives/archives_gcenter_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/archives/) 13 Sep 23 [Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/archives/) (Sagittarius A\*) Five new multiwavelength images featuring Chandra data. [![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/tde/tde_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/tde/) 22 Aug 23 [ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/tde/) A tidal disruption event about 290 million miles away from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/gcenter_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/) 21 Jun 23 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/) The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of M74](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/chandrawebb2/chandrawebb2_m74_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/chandrawebb2/) 23 May 23 [M74](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/chandrawebb2/) A spiral galaxy located about 32 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of M84](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/m84/m84_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/m84/) 04 May 23 [M84](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/m84/) A massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. [![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/bh_pairs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) 22 Feb 23 [Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) Merging dwarf galaxies about 760 million and 3.2 billion light-years away respectively. [![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/bh_pairs_mirabilis_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) 22 Feb 23 [Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) Merging dwarf galaxies about 760 million light-years away. [![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/bh_pairs_elstir_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) 22 Feb 23 [Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) Merging dwarf galaxies about 3.2 billion light-years away. [![Photo of XBONGS](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/xbongs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) 11 Jan 23 [XBONGS](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. [![Photo of XBONGS](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/xbongs_3204_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) 11 Jan 23 [XBONGS](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. [![Photo of XBONGS](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/xbongs_3984_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) 11 Jan 23 [XBONGS](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. [![Photo of V404 Cygni](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sonify6/sonify6_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sonify6/) 21 Nov 22 [V404 Cygni](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sonify6/) (V404 Cyg) A stellar-mass black hole with a companion star about 2,900 light-years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 4424](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/ngc4424/ngc4424_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/ngc4424/) 18 Aug 22 [NGC 4424](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/ngc4424/) A spiral galaxy located about 54 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sgra/) 12 May 22 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sgra/) The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way located about 27,000 light years away. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc1385_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc1566_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc3344_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc6503_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Spiderweb Galaxy Field](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/spiderweb/spiderweb_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/spiderweb/) 31 Mar 22 [Spiderweb Galaxy Field](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/spiderweb/) Nicknamed the "Spiderweb," a galaxy in a protocluster about 10.6 billion light years away. [![Photo of Mrk 462](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/mrk462/mrk462_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/mrk462/) 10 Jan 22 [Mrk 462](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/mrk462/) A dwarf galaxy located about 110 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of RBS 797](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/rbs797/rbs797_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/rbs797/) 16 Dec 21 [RBS 797](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/rbs797/) A galaxy cluster located about 3.9 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of MG B2016+112](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/mgb2016/mgb2016_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/mgb2016/) 31 Aug 21 [MG B2016+112](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/mgb2016/) A single or pair of growing supermassive black holes located 11.8 billion light-years from Earth. [![Photo of V404 Cygni](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/v404cyg/v404cyg_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/v404cyg/) 05 Aug 21 [V404 Cygni](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/v404cyg/) (V404 Cyg) A binary system including a black hole about 7,800 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Northern Clump](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/nclump/nclump_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/nclump/) 02 Jul 21 [Northern Clump](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/nclump/) (MCXC J0621.7-5242) A cluster of galaxies located about 690 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/m87/) 14 Apr 21 [M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/m87/) A galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center located about 55 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of PJ352-15](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/jet/jet_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/jet/) 09 Mar 21 [PJ352-15](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/jet/) A quasar located about 12.7 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A East](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/sgrae/sgrae_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/sgrae/) 08 Feb 21 [Sagittarius A East](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/sgrae/) A supernova remnant located near the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/dualagn_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) 14 Jan 21 [Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) Two of seven triple galaxy mergers that are located between 370 million and one billion light years away from Earth. [![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/dualagn_j1027_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) 14 Jan 21 [Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) One of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 890 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/dualagn_j1708_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) 14 Jan 21 [Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) One of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 960 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Abell 2261](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/a2261/a2261_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/a2261/) 17 Dec 20 [Abell 2261](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/a2261/) A cluster of galaxies located about 2.7 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of Quasar Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/bhjets/bhjets_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/bhjets/) 14 Oct 20 [Quasar Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/bhjets/) Over 700 supermassive black holes at a range of distances. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/archives/archives_m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/archives/) 02 Sep 20 [M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/archives/) A sample of multiwavelength images with data from Chandra and other telescopes. [![Photo of Obscured AGN in the Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/cdfsagn/cdfsagn_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/cdfsagn/) 15 Jul 20 [Obscured AGN in the Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/cdfsagn/) The deepest X-ray image ever obtained that contains 28 previously misidentified black holes. [![Photo of MAXI J1820+070](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/maxij1820/maxij1820_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/maxij1820/) 29 May 20 [MAXI J1820+070](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/maxij1820/) A system with a black hole and companion star about 10,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of GSN 069](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/gsn069/gsn069_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/gsn069/) 23 Apr 20 [GSN 069](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/gsn069/) A galaxy with a central supermassive black hole about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/perseus/) 19 Mar 20 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/perseus/) A galaxy cluster located about 240 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/ophiuchus/ophiuchus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/ophiuchus/) 27 Feb 20 [Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/ophiuchus/) A galaxy cluster located about 390 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/m87/) 06 Jan 20 [M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/m87/) A galaxy with a supermassive black hole about 55 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 6338](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/ngc6338/ngc6338_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/ngc6338/) 17 Dec 19 [NGC 6338](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/ngc6338/) Two colliding groups of galaxies located about 380 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Positive Feedback Black Hole](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhfeedback/bhfeedback_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhfeedback/) 26 Nov 19 [Positive Feedback Black Hole](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhfeedback/) A galaxy located about 9.9 billion light years from Earth [![Photo of SDSS J0849+1114](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/3blackholes/3blackholes_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/3blackholes/) 25 Sep 19 [SDSS J0849+1114](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/3blackholes/) A trio of black holes located about a billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of GSN 069](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/gsn069/gsn069_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/gsn069/) 11 Sep 19 [GSN 069](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/gsn069/) A galaxy containing a supermassive black hole about 250,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of QSO PSO167-13](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/cloaked/cloaked_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/cloaked/) 08 Aug 19 [QSO PSO167-13](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/cloaked/) A black hole obscured by gas and dust about 13 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/black_hole/black_hole_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/black_hole/) 10 Apr 19 [M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/black_hole/) The core of a galaxy about 50 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Quasar Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/dark/dark_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/dark/) 29 Jan 19 [Quasar Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/dark/) About 1,600 rapidly growing black holes located up to 12.7 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhspin/bhspin_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhspin/) 09 Jan 19 [ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhspin/) A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of AM 0644-741](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/ring/ring_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/ring/) 06 Sep 18 [AM 0644-741](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/ring/) A ring galaxy located about 300 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of COSMOS Legacy Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/imbhs/imbhs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/imbhs/) 09 Aug 18 [COSMOS Legacy Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/imbhs/) Two separate surveys of "intermediate-mass black holes" that stretch from the nearby Universe to 10.9 billion light years away. [![Photo of J2150](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/j2150/j2150_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/j2150/) 18 Jun 18 [J2150](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/j2150/) A medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on a nearby star. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\* Swarm](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/sgra_swarm/sgra_swarm_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/sgra_swarm/) 09 May 18 [Sagittarius A\* Swarm](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/sgra_swarm/) A region around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/perseus/) 03 Apr 18 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/perseus/) A galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/cdfs_bh/cdfs_bh_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/cdfs_bh/) 15 Feb 18 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/cdfs_bh/) The growth of the biggest black holes in the Universe is outrunning the rate of formation of stars in the galaxies they inhabit. [![Photo of Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/gcenter360/gcenter360_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/gcenter360/) 10 Jan 18 [Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/gcenter360/) The region of the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/dark/dark_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/dark/) 19 Dec 17 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/dark/) A galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of J0045+41](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/m31/) 30 Nov 17 [J0045+41](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/m31/) An object possibly containing two supermassive black holes about 2.6 billion light years away. [![Photo of J140737](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/doubleagn_140737_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) 03 Oct 17 [J140737](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) Two pairs of merging supermassive black holes [![Photo of J122104](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/doubleagn_122104_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) 03 Oct 17 [J122104](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) Two pairs of merging supermassive black holes [![Photo of Arp 299](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/arp299/arp299_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/arp299/) 26 Jun 17 [Arp 299](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/arp299/) Arp 299: A system of merging galaxies located about 140 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs2/cdfs2_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs2/) 31 May 17 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs2/) A population of growing black holes over 13 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of CXO J101527.2+625911](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/rsmbh/rsmbh_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/rsmbh/) 11 May 17 [CXO J101527.2+625911](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/rsmbh/) A candidate recoiling black hole located in an elliptical galaxy about 3.9 billion light years away. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/perseus/) 02 May 17 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/perseus/) Scientists have found a vast wave of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster spanning some 200,000 light years. [![Photo of NGC 4696](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/ngc4696/ngc4696_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/ngc4696/) 19 Apr 17 [NGC 4696](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/ngc4696/) Centaurus Cluster: A cluster of galaxies located about 145 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of CDF-S Transient](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfsxt1/cdfsxt1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfsxt1/) 30 Mar 17 [CDF-S Transient](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfsxt1/) (CDF-S XT1) A source located in the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) that displays extraordinary properties. [![Photo of Abell 3411 and 3412](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/a3411/a3411_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/a3411/) 05 Jan 17 [Abell 3411 and 3412](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/a3411/) A pair of colliding galaxy clusters about 2 billion light years away. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs/cdfs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs/) 05 Jan 17 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs/) The deepest X-ray image, containing objects at a distance of nearly 13 billion light years. [![Photo of XJ1417+52](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/xj1417/xj1417_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/xj1417/) 05 Oct 16 [XJ1417+52](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/xj1417/) A black hole found in the outer regions of a galaxy about 4.5 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of GRB 140903A](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/grb/grb_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/grb/) 14 Jul 16 [GRB 140903A](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/grb/) A gamma-ray burst in a galaxy about 3.9 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of VLA J2130+12](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/vla/vla_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/vla/) 27 Jun 16 [VLA J2130+12](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/vla/) A binary system containing a quiescent black hole about 7,200 light years from Earth. [![Photo of GOODS-S 29323](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/bhseeds/bhseeds_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/bhseeds/) 24 May 16 [GOODS-S 29323](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/bhseeds/) One of two distant supermassive black hole "seed" candidates. [![Photo of SDSS J1126+2944](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/j1126/j1126_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/j1126/) 06 Jan 16 [SDSS J1126+2944](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/j1126/) A recently discovered black hole, could provide new insight into black hole evolution and behavior. [![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/tidal/tidal_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/tidal/) 21 Oct 15 [ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/tidal/) A tidal disruption in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/archives_ms0735_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/) 08 Oct 15 [MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/) Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra2/sgra2_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra2/) 23 Sep 15 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra2/) The 4-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of CID-947](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/cid947/cid947_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/cid947/) 09 Jul 15 [CID-947](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/cid947/) A black hole ejects part of the accreted matter in the form of energetic radiation. [![Photo of SGR 1745-2900](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgr1745/sgr1745_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgr1745/) 14 May 15 [SGR 1745-2900](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgr1745/) (Sgr Magnetar) A magnetar as close as about 2 trillion miles to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra/) 05 Jan 15 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra/) The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/sgra/) 13 Nov 14 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/sgra/) The Milky Way's supermassive black hole, about 26,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseusvirgo/perseusvirgo_perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseusvirgo/) 27 Oct 14 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseusvirgo/) A galaxy cluster about 250 million light years away. [![Photo of M82X-2](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m82nu/m82nu_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m82nu/) 08 Oct 14 [M82X-2](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m82nu/) A source with unusual pulsations in the M82 galaxy about 11.4 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseus/) 24 Jun 14 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseus/) A giant collection of galaxies immersed in hot gas about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M81](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/proam/m81_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/proam/) 23 Apr 14 [M81](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/proam/) Four images of galaxies that have been made using data from both amateur and professional telescopes. [![Photo of RX J1131-1231](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/rxj1131/rxj1131_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/rxj1131/) 05 Mar 14 [RX J1131-1231](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/rxj1131/) A quasar located about 6 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra/) 20 Nov 13 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra/) The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_echoes/sgra_echoes_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_echoes/) 24 Oct 13 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_echoes/) The supermassive black hole about 26,000 light years from Earth at the center of the Milky Way [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_gas/sgra_gas_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_gas/) 29 Aug 13 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_gas/) The supermassive black hole located 26,000 light years from Earth in the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/m31/) 12 Jun 13 [M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/m31/) (Andromeda Galaxy) A spiral galaxy located 2.5 million light years from our own. [![Photo of NGC 6240](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/ngc6240_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/) 30 Apr 13 [NGC 6240](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/) A pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 330 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of PKS 0745](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/pks0745_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/) 18 Dec 12 [PKS 0745](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/) A galaxy cluster about 1.3 billion light years from Earth with a large elliptical galaxy in its center. [![Photo of Abell 2204](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/a2204_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/) 18 Dec 12 [Abell 2204](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/) A galaxy cluster about 1.89 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 4342](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/n4342_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/) 11 Jun 12 [NGC 4342](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/) New evidence from Chandra challenges prevailing ideas about how supermassive black holes grow in the centers of galaxies. [![Photo of NGC 4291](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/n4291_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/) 11 Jun 12 [NGC 4291](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/) A galaxy, located 85 million light years away, with an unusually large central black hole. [![Photo of CID-42](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/cid42/cid42_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/cid42/) 04 Jun 12 [CID-42](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/cid42/) The galaxy at the center of this image contains an X-ray source, CID-42, with exceptional properties. [![Photo of PS1-10jh](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ps1/ps1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ps1/) 03 May 12 [PS1-10jh](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ps1/) A galaxy about 2.7 billion light years from Earth with a supermassive black hole at its center. [![Photo of IGR J17091-3624](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/igr/igr_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/igr/) 21 Feb 12 [IGR J17091-3624](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/igr/) A binary system containing a stellar-mass black hole. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sgra/) 08 Feb 12 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sgra/) Illustration of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/cygx1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/) 17 Nov 11 [Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/) A stellar-mass black hole in orbit with a companion star located about 6,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 3115](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/n3115/n3115_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/n3115/) 27 Jul 11 [NGC 3115](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/n3115/) lenticular galaxy located about 32 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cdfs/cdfs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cdfs/) 15 Jun 11 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cdfs/) A composite image combines the deepest X-ray image with optical and infrared data. [![Photo of GRB 110328A](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/grb110328_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/) 07 Apr 11 [GRB 110328A](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/) A gamma-ray burst located about 3.8 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/m82/m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/m82/) 13 Jan 11 [M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/m82/) A starburst galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/g1915/g1915_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/g1915/) 12 Jan 11 [GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/g1915/) A system containing a black hole about 14 times the Sun's mass in orbit with a companion star. [![Photo of Henize 2-10](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/he210/he210_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/he210/) 10 Jan 11 [Henize 2-10](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/he210/) A dwarf starburst galaxy about 30 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of SN 1979C](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sn1979c/sn1979c_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sn1979c/) 15 Nov 10 [SN 1979C](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sn1979c/) A supernova that was seen to explode in 1979 from Earth, found in the galaxy M100. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m87/) 18 Aug 10 [M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m87/) A massive galaxy about 50 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. [![Photo of 4C+00.58](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/4c0058_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/) 21 Jul 10 [4C+00.58](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/) A galaxy harboring a giant black hole about 780 million light years away. [![Photo of NGC 7793](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/ngc7793/ngc7793_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/ngc7793/) 07 Jul 10 [NGC 7793](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/ngc7793/) A galaxy about 12.7 million light years away containing a so-called microquasar. [![Photo of CID-42](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/cid42/cid42_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/cid42/) 30 Jun 10 [CID-42](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/cid42/) A source in the Cosmic Evolution Survey field thought to be at a distance of almost 4 billion light years. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m31/) 25 May 10 [M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m31/) (Andromeda Galaxy) A supermassive black hole in the center of Andromeda [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m82/m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m82/) 29 Apr 10 [M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m82/) The nearest starburst galaxy to Earth at a distance of 12 million light years. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/type1a/type1a_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/type1a/) 17 Feb 10 [M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/type1a/) (Andromeda Galaxy) One of six galaxies in a study to examine properties of Type Ia supernovas. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sgra/) 05 Jan 10 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sgra/) The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [![Photo of NGC 6240](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/ngc6240/ngc6240_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/ngc6240/) 06 Oct 09 [NGC 6240](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/ngc6240/) A galaxy about 330 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cygx1/cygx1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cygx1/) 27 Aug 09 [Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cygx1/) A black hole in close orbit around a blue supergiant star. [![Photo of GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/g1915/g1915_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/g1915/) 25 Mar 09 [GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/g1915/) A stellar-mass black hole with about 14 times the Sun's mass in the Milky Way. [![Photo of M84](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m84/m84_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m84/) 13 Nov 08 [M84](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m84/) A massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m87/) 05 Aug 08 [M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m87/) The largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of galaxies at a distance of 60 million light years away. [![Photo of M81](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m81/m81_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m81/) 18 Jun 08 [M81](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m81/) A spiral galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bhslm/bhslm_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bhslm/) 16 Apr 08 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bhslm/) Clouds of gas near the central black hole brightened and faded quickly in X-ray light. [![Photo of NGC 4374](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/bh_spin_4374_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) 10 Jan 08 [NGC 4374](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. [![Photo of NGC 4552](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/bh_spin_4552_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) 10 Jan 08 [NGC 4552](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. [![Photo of NGC 5846](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/bh_spin_5846_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) 10 Jan 08 [NGC 5846](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. [![Photo of GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/goods/goods_multipanel_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/goods/) 25 Oct 07 [GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/goods/) A compilation of long observations on the same patch of sky. [![Photo of M33 X-7](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m33x7/m33x7_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m33x7/) 17 Oct 07 [M33 X-7](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m33x7/) A binary system in the galaxy M33 where a large companion star is in orbit around a black hole. [![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/ms0735/ms0735_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/ms0735/) 02 Nov 06 [MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/ms0735/) A galaxy cluster located about 2.6 billion light years away in the constellation of Camelopardus. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m87/) 05 Oct 06 [M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m87/) An elliptical galaxy known in the Virgo cluster about 50 million light years away. [![Photo of GRO J1655-40](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/j1655/j1655_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/j1655/) 21 Jun 06 [GRO J1655-40](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/j1655/) A binary star system consisting of a black hole and a normal star, located about 11,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m31/) 05 Jun 06 [M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m31/) (Andromeda Galaxy) This color-coded Chandra image shows the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m82/m82_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m82/) 24 Apr 06 [M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m82/) A galaxy 12 million light years from Earth that is undergoing a burst of star formation. [![Photo of NGC 4696](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/bhcen_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 [NGC 4696](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) A large elliptical galaxy in the Centaurus Galaxy Cluster [![Photo of NGC 4374](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/ngc4374_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 [NGC 4374](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) An elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away. [![Photo of NGC 4552](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/ngc4552_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 [NGC 4552](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) An elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away. [![Photo of NGC 5846](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/ngc5846_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 [NGC 5846](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) An elliptical galaxy 146 million light years away. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/perseus/) 01 Dec 05 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/perseus/) The central region of a rich galaxy cluster about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/sgra/) 13 Oct 05 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/sgra/) Chandra's image of the Galactic Center has provided evidence for a new and unexpected way for stars to form. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/felines/felines_illustration_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/felines/) 23 May 05 X-rays from iron atoms near supermassive black holes in the Chandra Deep Fields. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/felines/felines_illustration_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/felines/) 23 May 05 X-rays from iron atoms near supermassive black holes in the Chandra Deep Fields. [![Photo of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field-North (SMG 123616.1+621513)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/smg/smg_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/smg/) 06 Apr 05 Merging submillimeter galaxies. [![Photo of M74](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/m74/m74_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/m74/) 22 Mar 05 [M74](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/m74/) An Ultraluminous X-ray Source in the Spiral Galaxy M74 [![Photo of Lockman Hole](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/bhlock/bhlock_3panel_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/bhlock/) 15 Feb 05 [Lockman Hole](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/bhlock/) A region of the sky with a minimum of light-absorbing gas. [![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/ms0735/ms0735_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/ms0735/) 05 Jan 05 [MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/ms0735/) A cluster of galaxies 2.6 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of GOODS CDFS 033213.9-275000](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/goodsbh_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/) 01 Jun 04 [GOODS CDFS 033213.9-275000](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/) Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth. [![Photo of GOODS CDFS 033251.6-275212](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/goodsbh2_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/) 01 Jun 04 [GOODS CDFS 033251.6-275212](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/) Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/m87/m87_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/m87/) 10 May 04 [M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/m87/) Long-exposure image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87. [![Photo of MGG11](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/mgg11/m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/mgg11/) 10 Apr 04 [MGG11](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/mgg11/) A mid-size black hole in the star cluster MGG 11. [![Photo of RX J1242-11](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/rxj1242_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/) 18 Feb 04 [RX J1242-11](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/) A star being torn apart by the tidal forces of a black hole. [![Photo of SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/ss433/ss433_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/ss433/) 05 Jan 04 [SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/ss433/) Jets from SS 433 may be originating five times closer to the black hole than previously thought. [![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/cygx1_spectrum_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/) 17 Sep 03 [Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/) Telltale X-rays from iron may reveal if black holes are spinning or not. [![Photo of GX 339-4](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/gx339-4_spectrum_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/) 17 Sep 03 [GX 339-4](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/) Telltale X-rays from iron may reveal if black holes are spinning or not. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/perseus/perseus_xray_3color_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/perseus/) 01 Sep 03 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/perseus/) A 53-hour Chandra observation of the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster. [![Photo of GOODS Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/cdfn_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/) 19 Jun 03 [GOODS Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/) The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South. [![Photo of GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/cdfs_xray_box_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/) 19 Jun 03 [GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/) The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/0203long/0203long_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/0203long/) 06 Jan 03 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/0203long/) This image of Sgr A\* was made from the longest X-ray exposure of that region to date. [![Photo of SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0214/0214_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0214/) 11 Dec 02 [SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0214/) This image shows two high speed lobes 5 trillion kilometers apart on opposite sides of a binary black hole system. [![Photo of NGC 6240](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0192/0192_xray_inset_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0192/) 19 Nov 02 [NGC 6240](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0192/) An extremely luminous galaxy about 400 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of XTE J1550-564](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/xtej1550/xtej1550_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/xtej1550/) 03 Oct 02 [XTE J1550-564](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/xtej1550/) A binary star system of a black hole and a normal star located in the Milky Way about 17,000 light years away. [![Photo of NGC 3516](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/ngc3516/blackholebinary3_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/ngc3516/) 28 Jun 02 [NGC 3516](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/ngc3516/) Scientists Observe Light Fighting To Escape Black Hole's Pull [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0007rev/0007rev_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0007rev/) 12 Oct 01 [M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0007rev/) (Andromeda Galaxy) Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope images of two recently detected emitting globular star clusters. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0204flare/0204flare_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0204flare/) 05 Sep 01 [Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0204flare/) A compact radio source in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy thought to be a supermassive black hole. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0094true/0094true_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0094true/) 05 Jun 01 [M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0094true/) This Chandra image shows a population of point-like "ultraluminous" X-ray sources in M82. [![Photo of XTE J1118+480](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/xtej1118/xtej1118_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/xtej1118/) 07 May 01 [XTE J1118+480](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/xtej1118/) Chandra image of a spectrum of a black hole, which is similar to the colorful spectrum of sunlight produced by a prism. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfn/cdfn_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfn/) 13 Mar 01 [Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfn/) A view of one of the most intensively studied patches of the night sky. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfs/cdfs_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfs/) 13 Mar 01 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfs/) This image shows that gigantic black holes were much more active in the past than the present. [![Photo of Sagittarius A East](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/sgr_a/sgr_a_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/sgr_a/) 01 Feb 01 [Sagittarius A East](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/sgr_a/) Supernova remnant Sagittarius A East. [![Photo of ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/blackholes/blackhole_illustration_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/blackholes/) 11 Jan 01 ["Black" Black Holes](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/blackholes/) This illustration depicts gas from a companion star being drawn by gravity onto a black hole. [![Photo of M82 Black Hole](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/m82bh/m82bh_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/m82bh/) 12 Sep 00 [M82 Black Hole](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/m82bh/) Mid-mass black hole found 600 light years from galaxy center. [![Photo of NGC 3783](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/ngc3783/ngc3783_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/ngc3783/) 25 May 00 [NGC 3783](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/ngc3783/) X-ray spectrum probes black hole environs. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0094/0094_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0094/) 14 Jan 00 [M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0094/) The nearest starburst galaxy at a distance of 11 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0007/0007_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0007/) 14 Jan 00 [M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0007/) (Andromeda Galaxy) Our nearest neighbor spiral galaxy at a distance of two million light years. [![Photo of Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0204/0204_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0204/) 14 Jan 00 [Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0204/) (Sagittarius A\*) The innermost 10 light years at the center of our galaxy. 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Chandra Images by Category: Black Holes \-Stellar black holes, mid-mass black holes, and supermassive black holes. [![Photo of Supermassive Black Hole Growth](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/bhgrowth_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/) 24 Mar 26 Two galaxies in a large survey to study the growth of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of J033225.7-274936](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/bhgrowth_j033225_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/) 24 Mar 26 Two galaxies in a large survey to study the growth of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of J033215.3-275044](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/bhgrowth_j033215_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/) 24 Mar 26 Two galaxies in a large survey to study the growth of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of Cygnus OB3](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/spring_cygnusob3_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/) 19 Mar 26 A collection of spring-themed images is meant to celebrate the "flowering" that occurs throughout space. [![Photo of NGC 7000](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/spring_pelican_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/) 19 Mar 26 (Pelican Nebula) A collection of spring-themed images is meant to celebrate the "flowering" that occurs throughout space. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/csc/csc_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/csc/) 23 Jan 26 The region around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy called Sagittarius A\*. [![Photo of AT 2024wpp](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/fbot/fbot_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/fbot/) 16 Dec 25 A luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT)about 1.1 billion light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Fractions](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/smbhs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/) 11 Dec 25 Two galaxies from a sample of 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of NGC 6278](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/smbhs_ngc6278_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/) 11 Dec 25 A galaxy from a sample of over 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of PGC 039620](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/smbhs_pgc039620_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/smbhs/) 11 Dec 25 A galaxy from a sample of over 1,600 that were searched for the presence of supermassive black holes. [![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/xa_ms0735_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/) 09 Dec 25 A sample of five galaxy clusters that have had a new technique applied. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/xa_perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/) 09 Dec 25 A sample of five galaxy clusters that have had a new technique applied. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/xa_m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/xa/) 09 Dec 25 A sample of five galaxy clusters that have had a new technique applied. [![Photo of RACS J0320-35](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/red6/red6_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/red6/) 18 Sep 25 A quasar located about 12.8 billion light-years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 6099 HLX-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/ngc6099/ngc6099_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/ngc6099/) 24 Jul 25 A black hole located about 453 million light-years from earth. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/cosmic_m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/) 23 Jul 25 A starburst galaxy where stars are forming at rates 10s to 100s of times higher than normal galaxies. [![Photo of IC 1623](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/cosmic_ic1623_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/) 23 Jul 25 A system where two galaxies are in the process of merging. [![Photo of Infinity Galaxy](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/infinity/infinity_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/infinity/) 15 Jul 25 A galaxy that may contain the first newborn supermassive black hole ever spotted. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/m31/) 25 Jun 25 (Andromeda Galaxy) This galaxy is the closest spiral to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. [![Photo of J1610+1811](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1610/j1610_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1610/) 09 Jun 25 A growing supermassive black hole, or quasar, located about 11.6 billion light-years from Earth. [![Photo of SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/sonify10/sonify10_ss433_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/sonify10/) 08 May 25 Three new sonifications of objects with a connection to black holes. [![Photo of AT2024tvd](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/bhtde/bhtde_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/bhtde/) 08 May 25 A "tidal disruption event" (TDE) in a galaxy about 610 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of GRO J1655-40](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1655/j1655_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/j1655/) 27 Mar 25 A binary system with a stellar-mass black hole and Sun-like star about 11,000 light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Filaments in Clusters](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/filaments_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) 27 Jan 25 Two of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/filaments_perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) 27 Jan 25 Two of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey. [![Photo of LID-568](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/lid568/lid568_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/lid568/) 04 Nov 24 A black hole at the center of a galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. [![Photo of AT2019qiz](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/tde/tde_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/tde/) 09 Oct 24 A black hole located about 210 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of MCG-03-34-64](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/collide/collide_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/collide/) 09 Sep 24 Cores of two galaxies are on a collision course. [![Photo of AT2018fyk](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsnack/bhsnack_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsnack/) 14 Aug 24 A "tidal disruption event" located about 860 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/25th/25th_gcenter_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/25th/) 22 Jul 24 (Sagittarius A\*) 25 Images for Chandra's 25th Anniversary [![Photo of Supermassive Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsim/bhsim_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/bhsim/) 11 Jun 24 A study of over 8,000 rapidly growing black holes. [![Photo of Death Star Black Holes](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/deathstars_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/) 22 May 24 A cluster and group of galaxies that are part of a larger sample to study black hole jets. [![Photo of Abell 478](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/deathstars_a478_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/) 22 May 24 A galaxy cluster that is part of a larger sample to study black hole jets. [![Photo of Galactic Center Vent](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/vent/vent_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/vent/) 09 May 24 A structure about 700 light-years from the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of M74](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/sonify8/sonify8_m74_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/sonify8/) 28 Feb 24 Three new translations of telescope data into sound. [![Photo of SDSS J1531+3414](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/beads/beads_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/beads/) 21 Feb 24 A galaxy cluster about 3.8 billion light years from Earth where two large galaxies are colliding. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/football/football_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/football/) 08 Feb 24 The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years away. [![Photo of SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/ss433/ss433_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/ss433/) 17 Jan 24 A black hole inside a supernova remnant located about 18,000 light-years away. [![Photo of UHZ1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/uhz1/uhz1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/uhz1/) 06 Nov 23 A galaxy containing the most distant black hole discovered in X-rays located about 13.2 billion light years away. [![Photo of Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/archives/archives_gcenter_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/archives/) 13 Sep 23 (Sagittarius A\*) Five new multiwavelength images featuring Chandra data. [![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/tde/tde_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/tde/) 22 Aug 23 A tidal disruption event about 290 million miles away from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/gcenter_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/) 21 Jun 23 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of M74](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/chandrawebb2/chandrawebb2_m74_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/chandrawebb2/) 23 May 23 A spiral galaxy located about 32 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of M84](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/m84/m84_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/m84/) 04 May 23 A massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. [![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/bh_pairs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) 22 Feb 23 Merging dwarf galaxies about 760 million and 3.2 billion light-years away respectively. [![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/bh_pairs_mirabilis_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) 22 Feb 23 Merging dwarf galaxies about 760 million light-years away. [![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/bh_pairs_elstir_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) 22 Feb 23 Merging dwarf galaxies about 3.2 billion light-years away. [![Photo of XBONGS](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/xbongs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) 11 Jan 23 A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. [![Photo of XBONGS](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/xbongs_3204_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) 11 Jan 23 A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. [![Photo of XBONGS](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/xbongs_3984_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) 11 Jan 23 A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. [![Photo of V404 Cygni](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sonify6/sonify6_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sonify6/) 21 Nov 22 (V404 Cyg) A stellar-mass black hole with a companion star about 2,900 light-years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 4424](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/ngc4424/ngc4424_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/ngc4424/) 18 Aug 22 A spiral galaxy located about 54 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/sgra/) 12 May 22 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way located about 27,000 light years away. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc1385_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc1566_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc3344_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc6503_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 Four galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Spiderweb Galaxy Field](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/spiderweb/spiderweb_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/spiderweb/) 31 Mar 22 Nicknamed the "Spiderweb," a galaxy in a protocluster about 10.6 billion light years away. [![Photo of Mrk 462](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/mrk462/mrk462_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2022/mrk462/) 10 Jan 22 A dwarf galaxy located about 110 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of RBS 797](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/rbs797/rbs797_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/rbs797/) 16 Dec 21 A galaxy cluster located about 3.9 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of MG B2016+112](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/mgb2016/mgb2016_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/mgb2016/) 31 Aug 21 A single or pair of growing supermassive black holes located 11.8 billion light-years from Earth. [![Photo of V404 Cygni](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/v404cyg/v404cyg_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/v404cyg/) 05 Aug 21 (V404 Cyg) A binary system including a black hole about 7,800 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Northern Clump](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/nclump/nclump_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/nclump/) 02 Jul 21 (MCXC J0621.7-5242) A cluster of galaxies located about 690 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/m87/) 14 Apr 21 A galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center located about 55 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of PJ352-15](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/jet/jet_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/jet/) 09 Mar 21 A quasar located about 12.7 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A East](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/sgrae/sgrae_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/sgrae/) 08 Feb 21 A supernova remnant located near the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/dualagn_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) 14 Jan 21 Two of seven triple galaxy mergers that are located between 370 million and one billion light years away from Earth. [![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/dualagn_j1027_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) 14 Jan 21 One of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 890 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/dualagn_j1708_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) 14 Jan 21 One of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 960 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Abell 2261](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/a2261/a2261_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/a2261/) 17 Dec 20 A cluster of galaxies located about 2.7 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of Quasar Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/bhjets/bhjets_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/bhjets/) 14 Oct 20 Over 700 supermassive black holes at a range of distances. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/archives/archives_m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/archives/) 02 Sep 20 A sample of multiwavelength images with data from Chandra and other telescopes. [![Photo of Obscured AGN in the Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/cdfsagn/cdfsagn_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/cdfsagn/) 15 Jul 20 The deepest X-ray image ever obtained that contains 28 previously misidentified black holes. [![Photo of MAXI J1820+070](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/maxij1820/maxij1820_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/maxij1820/) 29 May 20 A system with a black hole and companion star about 10,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of GSN 069](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/gsn069/gsn069_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/gsn069/) 23 Apr 20 A galaxy with a central supermassive black hole about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/perseus/) 19 Mar 20 A galaxy cluster located about 240 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/ophiuchus/ophiuchus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/ophiuchus/) 27 Feb 20 A galaxy cluster located about 390 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/m87/) 06 Jan 20 A galaxy with a supermassive black hole about 55 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 6338](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/ngc6338/ngc6338_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/ngc6338/) 17 Dec 19 Two colliding groups of galaxies located about 380 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Positive Feedback Black Hole](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhfeedback/bhfeedback_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhfeedback/) 26 Nov 19 A galaxy located about 9.9 billion light years from Earth [![Photo of SDSS J0849+1114](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/3blackholes/3blackholes_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/3blackholes/) 25 Sep 19 A trio of black holes located about a billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of GSN 069](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/gsn069/gsn069_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/gsn069/) 11 Sep 19 A galaxy containing a supermassive black hole about 250,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of QSO PSO167-13](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/cloaked/cloaked_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/cloaked/) 08 Aug 19 A black hole obscured by gas and dust about 13 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/black_hole/black_hole_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/black_hole/) 10 Apr 19 The core of a galaxy about 50 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Quasar Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/dark/dark_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/dark/) 29 Jan 19 About 1,600 rapidly growing black holes located up to 12.7 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhspin/bhspin_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2019/bhspin/) 09 Jan 19 A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of AM 0644-741](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/ring/ring_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/ring/) 06 Sep 18 A ring galaxy located about 300 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of COSMOS Legacy Survey](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/imbhs/imbhs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/imbhs/) 09 Aug 18 Two separate surveys of "intermediate-mass black holes" that stretch from the nearby Universe to 10.9 billion light years away. [![Photo of J2150](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/j2150/j2150_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/j2150/) 18 Jun 18 A medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on a nearby star. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\* Swarm](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/sgra_swarm/sgra_swarm_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/sgra_swarm/) 09 May 18 A region around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/perseus/) 03 Apr 18 A galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/cdfs_bh/cdfs_bh_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/cdfs_bh/) 15 Feb 18 The growth of the biggest black holes in the Universe is outrunning the rate of formation of stars in the galaxies they inhabit. [![Photo of Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/gcenter360/gcenter360_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2018/gcenter360/) 10 Jan 18 The region of the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/dark/dark_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/dark/) 19 Dec 17 A galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of J0045+41](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/m31/) 30 Nov 17 An object possibly containing two supermassive black holes about 2.6 billion light years away. [![Photo of J140737](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/doubleagn_140737_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) 03 Oct 17 Two pairs of merging supermassive black holes [![Photo of J122104](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/doubleagn_122104_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) 03 Oct 17 Two pairs of merging supermassive black holes [![Photo of Arp 299](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/arp299/arp299_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/arp299/) 26 Jun 17 Arp 299: A system of merging galaxies located about 140 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs2/cdfs2_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs2/) 31 May 17 A population of growing black holes over 13 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of CXO J101527.2+625911](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/rsmbh/rsmbh_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/rsmbh/) 11 May 17 A candidate recoiling black hole located in an elliptical galaxy about 3.9 billion light years away. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/perseus/) 02 May 17 Scientists have found a vast wave of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster spanning some 200,000 light years. [![Photo of NGC 4696](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/ngc4696/ngc4696_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/ngc4696/) 19 Apr 17 Centaurus Cluster: A cluster of galaxies located about 145 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of CDF-S Transient](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfsxt1/cdfsxt1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfsxt1/) 30 Mar 17 (CDF-S XT1) A source located in the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) that displays extraordinary properties. [![Photo of Abell 3411 and 3412](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/a3411/a3411_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/a3411/) 05 Jan 17 A pair of colliding galaxy clusters about 2 billion light years away. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs/cdfs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2017/cdfs/) 05 Jan 17 The deepest X-ray image, containing objects at a distance of nearly 13 billion light years. [![Photo of XJ1417+52](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/xj1417/xj1417_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/xj1417/) 05 Oct 16 A black hole found in the outer regions of a galaxy about 4.5 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of GRB 140903A](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/grb/grb_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/grb/) 14 Jul 16 A gamma-ray burst in a galaxy about 3.9 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of VLA J2130+12](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/vla/vla_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/vla/) 27 Jun 16 A binary system containing a quiescent black hole about 7,200 light years from Earth. [![Photo of GOODS-S 29323](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/bhseeds/bhseeds_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/bhseeds/) 24 May 16 One of two distant supermassive black hole "seed" candidates. [![Photo of SDSS J1126+2944](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/j1126/j1126_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/j1126/) 06 Jan 16 A recently discovered black hole, could provide new insight into black hole evolution and behavior. [![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/tidal/tidal_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/tidal/) 21 Oct 15 A tidal disruption in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/archives_ms0735_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/archives/) 08 Oct 15 Six objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra2/sgra2_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra2/) 23 Sep 15 The 4-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of CID-947](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/cid947/cid947_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/cid947/) 09 Jul 15 A black hole ejects part of the accreted matter in the form of energetic radiation. [![Photo of SGR 1745-2900](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgr1745/sgr1745_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgr1745/) 14 May 15 (Sgr Magnetar) A magnetar as close as about 2 trillion miles to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/sgra/) 05 Jan 15 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/sgra/) 13 Nov 14 The Milky Way's supermassive black hole, about 26,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseusvirgo/perseusvirgo_perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseusvirgo/) 27 Oct 14 A galaxy cluster about 250 million light years away. [![Photo of M82X-2](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m82nu/m82nu_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/m82nu/) 08 Oct 14 A source with unusual pulsations in the M82 galaxy about 11.4 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseus/) 24 Jun 14 A giant collection of galaxies immersed in hot gas about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M81](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/proam/m81_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/proam/) 23 Apr 14 Four images of galaxies that have been made using data from both amateur and professional telescopes. [![Photo of RX J1131-1231](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/rxj1131/rxj1131_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/rxj1131/) 05 Mar 14 A quasar located about 6 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra/) 20 Nov 13 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_echoes/sgra_echoes_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_echoes/) 24 Oct 13 The supermassive black hole about 26,000 light years from Earth at the center of the Milky Way [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_gas/sgra_gas_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/sgra_gas/) 29 Aug 13 The supermassive black hole located 26,000 light years from Earth in the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/m31/) 12 Jun 13 (Andromeda Galaxy) A spiral galaxy located 2.5 million light years from our own. [![Photo of NGC 6240](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/ngc6240_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/) 30 Apr 13 A pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 330 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of PKS 0745](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/pks0745_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/) 18 Dec 12 A galaxy cluster about 1.3 billion light years from Earth with a large elliptical galaxy in its center. [![Photo of Abell 2204](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/a2204_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/) 18 Dec 12 A galaxy cluster about 1.89 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 4342](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/n4342_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/) 11 Jun 12 New evidence from Chandra challenges prevailing ideas about how supermassive black holes grow in the centers of galaxies. [![Photo of NGC 4291](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/n4291_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/) 11 Jun 12 A galaxy, located 85 million light years away, with an unusually large central black hole. [![Photo of CID-42](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/cid42/cid42_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/cid42/) 04 Jun 12 The galaxy at the center of this image contains an X-ray source, CID-42, with exceptional properties. [![Photo of PS1-10jh](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ps1/ps1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/ps1/) 03 May 12 A galaxy about 2.7 billion light years from Earth with a supermassive black hole at its center. [![Photo of IGR J17091-3624](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/igr/igr_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/igr/) 21 Feb 12 A binary system containing a stellar-mass black hole. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2012/sgra/) 08 Feb 12 Illustration of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/cygx1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/) 17 Nov 11 A stellar-mass black hole in orbit with a companion star located about 6,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 3115](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/n3115/n3115_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/n3115/) 27 Jul 11 lenticular galaxy located about 32 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cdfs/cdfs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cdfs/) 15 Jun 11 A composite image combines the deepest X-ray image with optical and infrared data. [![Photo of GRB 110328A](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/grb110328_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/) 07 Apr 11 A gamma-ray burst located about 3.8 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/m82/m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/m82/) 13 Jan 11 A starburst galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/g1915/g1915_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/g1915/) 12 Jan 11 A system containing a black hole about 14 times the Sun's mass in orbit with a companion star. [![Photo of Henize 2-10](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/he210/he210_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/he210/) 10 Jan 11 A dwarf starburst galaxy about 30 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of SN 1979C](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sn1979c/sn1979c_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sn1979c/) 15 Nov 10 A supernova that was seen to explode in 1979 from Earth, found in the galaxy M100. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m87/) 18 Aug 10 A massive galaxy about 50 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. [![Photo of 4C+00.58](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/4c0058_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/) 21 Jul 10 A galaxy harboring a giant black hole about 780 million light years away. [![Photo of NGC 7793](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/ngc7793/ngc7793_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/ngc7793/) 07 Jul 10 A galaxy about 12.7 million light years away containing a so-called microquasar. [![Photo of CID-42](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/cid42/cid42_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/cid42/) 30 Jun 10 A source in the Cosmic Evolution Survey field thought to be at a distance of almost 4 billion light years. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m31/) 25 May 10 (Andromeda Galaxy) A supermassive black hole in the center of Andromeda [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m82/m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m82/) 29 Apr 10 The nearest starburst galaxy to Earth at a distance of 12 million light years. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/type1a/type1a_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/type1a/) 17 Feb 10 (Andromeda Galaxy) One of six galaxies in a study to examine properties of Type Ia supernovas. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sgra/) 05 Jan 10 The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [![Photo of NGC 6240](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/ngc6240/ngc6240_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/ngc6240/) 06 Oct 09 A galaxy about 330 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cygx1/cygx1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cygx1/) 27 Aug 09 A black hole in close orbit around a blue supergiant star. [![Photo of GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/g1915/g1915_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/g1915/) 25 Mar 09 A stellar-mass black hole with about 14 times the Sun's mass in the Milky Way. [![Photo of M84](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m84/m84_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m84/) 13 Nov 08 A massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m87/) 05 Aug 08 The largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of galaxies at a distance of 60 million light years away. [![Photo of M81](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m81/m81_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/m81/) 18 Jun 08 A spiral galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bhslm/bhslm_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bhslm/) 16 Apr 08 Clouds of gas near the central black hole brightened and faded quickly in X-ray light. [![Photo of NGC 4374](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/bh_spin_4374_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) 10 Jan 08 A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. [![Photo of NGC 4552](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/bh_spin_4552_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) 10 Jan 08 A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. [![Photo of NGC 5846](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/bh_spin_5846_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) 10 Jan 08 A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. [![Photo of GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/goods/goods_multipanel_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/goods/) 25 Oct 07 A compilation of long observations on the same patch of sky. [![Photo of M33 X-7](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m33x7/m33x7_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/m33x7/) 17 Oct 07 A binary system in the galaxy M33 where a large companion star is in orbit around a black hole. [![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/ms0735/ms0735_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/ms0735/) 02 Nov 06 A galaxy cluster located about 2.6 billion light years away in the constellation of Camelopardus. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m87/) 05 Oct 06 An elliptical galaxy known in the Virgo cluster about 50 million light years away. [![Photo of GRO J1655-40](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/j1655/j1655_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/j1655/) 21 Jun 06 A binary star system consisting of a black hole and a normal star, located about 11,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m31/) 05 Jun 06 (Andromeda Galaxy) This color-coded Chandra image shows the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m82/m82_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/m82/) 24 Apr 06 A galaxy 12 million light years from Earth that is undergoing a burst of star formation. [![Photo of NGC 4696](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/bhcen_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 A large elliptical galaxy in the Centaurus Galaxy Cluster [![Photo of NGC 4374](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/ngc4374_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 An elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away. [![Photo of NGC 4552](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/ngc4552_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 An elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away. [![Photo of NGC 5846](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/ngc5846_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 An elliptical galaxy 146 million light years away. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/perseus/) 01 Dec 05 The central region of a rich galaxy cluster about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/sgra/) 13 Oct 05 Chandra's image of the Galactic Center has provided evidence for a new and unexpected way for stars to form. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/felines/felines_illustration_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/felines/) 23 May 05 X-rays from iron atoms near supermassive black holes in the Chandra Deep Fields. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/felines/felines_illustration_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/felines/) 23 May 05 X-rays from iron atoms near supermassive black holes in the Chandra Deep Fields. [![Photo of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field-North (SMG 123616.1+621513)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/smg/smg_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/smg/) 06 Apr 05 Merging submillimeter galaxies. [![Photo of M74](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/m74/m74_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/m74/) 22 Mar 05 An Ultraluminous X-ray Source in the Spiral Galaxy M74 [![Photo of Lockman Hole](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/bhlock/bhlock_3panel_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/bhlock/) 15 Feb 05 A region of the sky with a minimum of light-absorbing gas. [![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/ms0735/ms0735_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/ms0735/) 05 Jan 05 A cluster of galaxies 2.6 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of GOODS CDFS 033213.9-275000](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/goodsbh_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/) 01 Jun 04 Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth. [![Photo of GOODS CDFS 033251.6-275212](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/goodsbh2_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/) 01 Jun 04 Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/m87/m87_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/m87/) 10 May 04 Long-exposure image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87. [![Photo of MGG11](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/mgg11/m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/mgg11/) 10 Apr 04 A mid-size black hole in the star cluster MGG 11. [![Photo of RX J1242-11](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/rxj1242_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/) 18 Feb 04 A star being torn apart by the tidal forces of a black hole. [![Photo of SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/ss433/ss433_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/ss433/) 05 Jan 04 Jets from SS 433 may be originating five times closer to the black hole than previously thought. [![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/cygx1_spectrum_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/) 17 Sep 03 Telltale X-rays from iron may reveal if black holes are spinning or not. [![Photo of GX 339-4](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/gx339-4_spectrum_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/) 17 Sep 03 Telltale X-rays from iron may reveal if black holes are spinning or not. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/perseus/perseus_xray_3color_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/perseus/) 01 Sep 03 A 53-hour Chandra observation of the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster. [![Photo of GOODS Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/cdfn_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/) 19 Jun 03 The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South. [![Photo of GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/cdfs_xray_box_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/goods/) 19 Jun 03 The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/0203long/0203long_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2003/0203long/) 06 Jan 03 This image of Sgr A\* was made from the longest X-ray exposure of that region to date. [![Photo of SS 433](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0214/0214_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0214/) 11 Dec 02 This image shows two high speed lobes 5 trillion kilometers apart on opposite sides of a binary black hole system. [![Photo of NGC 6240](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0192/0192_xray_inset_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0192/) 19 Nov 02 An extremely luminous galaxy about 400 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of XTE J1550-564](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/xtej1550/xtej1550_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/xtej1550/) 03 Oct 02 A binary star system of a black hole and a normal star located in the Milky Way about 17,000 light years away. [![Photo of NGC 3516](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/ngc3516/blackholebinary3_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/ngc3516/) 28 Jun 02 Scientists Observe Light Fighting To Escape Black Hole's Pull [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0007rev/0007rev_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0007rev/) 12 Oct 01 (Andromeda Galaxy) Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope images of two recently detected emitting globular star clusters. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\*](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0204flare/0204flare_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0204flare/) 05 Sep 01 A compact radio source in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy thought to be a supermassive black hole. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0094true/0094true_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0094true/) 05 Jun 01 This Chandra image shows a population of point-like "ultraluminous" X-ray sources in M82. [![Photo of XTE J1118+480](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/xtej1118/xtej1118_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/xtej1118/) 07 May 01 Chandra image of a spectrum of a black hole, which is similar to the colorful spectrum of sunlight produced by a prism. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfn/cdfn_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfn/) 13 Mar 01 A view of one of the most intensively studied patches of the night sky. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfs/cdfs_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/cdfs/) 13 Mar 01 This image shows that gigantic black holes were much more active in the past than the present. [![Photo of Sagittarius A East](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/sgr_a/sgr_a_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/sgr_a/) 01 Feb 01 Supernova remnant Sagittarius A East. [![Photo of ](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/blackholes/blackhole_illustration_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/blackholes/) 11 Jan 01 This illustration depicts gas from a companion star being drawn by gravity onto a black hole. [![Photo of M82 Black Hole](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/m82bh/m82bh_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/m82bh/) 12 Sep 00 Mid-mass black hole found 600 light years from galaxy center. [![Photo of NGC 3783](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/ngc3783/ngc3783_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/ngc3783/) 25 May 00 X-ray spectrum probes black hole environs. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0094/0094_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0094/) 14 Jan 00 The nearest starburst galaxy at a distance of 11 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0007/0007_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0007/) 14 Jan 00 (Andromeda Galaxy) Our nearest neighbor spiral galaxy at a distance of two million light years. [![Photo of Galactic Center](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0204/0204_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0204/) 14 Jan 00 (Sagittarius A\*) The innermost 10 light years at the center of our galaxy.
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