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1. Shard Calculation

Query:

Response:

Calculated Shard: 150 (from laksa124)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa150.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://chandra.si.edu/photo/category/blackholes.html\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://chandra.si.edu/photo/category/blackholes.html\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/category\/blackholes.html","crawl_time":1761157713,"first_indexed_time":0,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"edu,si!chandra,\/photo\/category\/blackholes.html s443","src_root_hash":"3913164597925578750","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Chandra :: Photo Album :: Images by Category: Black Holes","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":null,"attrs_markdown":"[![NASA](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/graphics\/top\/wsn\/chandra_head.gif)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/index.html)\n\nNASA's flagship mission for X-ray astronomy.\n\n[![NASA](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/graphics\/top\/wsn\/nasa_logo.png)](https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/)\n- [About Chandra](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/about\/)\n- [Learning](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/edu\/)\n- [Field Guide](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/field_guide.html)\n- [Photo Album](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/)\n- [Press Room](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/press\/)\n- [Resources & Multimedia](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/resources\/)\n- [Video Series](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/resources\/podcasts\/)\n- [Blog](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/blog\/)\n- [Research](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/cxc\/)\n\nImages by Date\n\n[2025](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological.html) \\&nbsp [2024](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological24.html) \\&nbsp [2023](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological23.html) \\&nbsp [2022](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological22.html)  \n [2021](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological21.html) \\&nbsp [2020](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological20.html) \\&nbsp [2019](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological19.html) \\&nbsp [2018](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological18.html)  \n [2017](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological17.html) \\&nbsp [2016](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological16.html) \\&nbsp [2015](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/chronological15.html) \\&nbsp 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Terms](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/resources\/glossaryA.html)\n\nMore Information\n\nX-ray Astronomy Field Guide:  \n [Black Holes](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/xray_sources\/blackholes.html)\n\nChandra Images by Category: Black Holes  \n  \n \\-Stellar black holes, mid-mass black holes, and supermassive black holes.\n\n[![Photo of RACS J0320-35](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/red6\/red6_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/red6\/)\n\n18 Sep 25\n\n[RACS J0320-35](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/red6\/)\n\nA quasar located about 12.8 billion light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 6099 HLX-1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/ngc6099\/ngc6099_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/ngc6099\/)\n\n24 Jul 25\n\n[NGC 6099 HLX-1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/ngc6099\/)\n\nA black hole located about 453 million light-years from earth.\n\n[![Photo of M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/cosmic\/cosmic_m82_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/cosmic\/)\n\n23 Jul 25\n\n[M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/cosmic\/)\n\nA starburst galaxy where stars are forming at rates 10s to 100s of times higher than normal galaxies.\n\n[![Photo of IC 1623](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/cosmic\/cosmic_ic1623_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/cosmic\/)\n\n23 Jul 25\n\n[IC 1623](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/cosmic\/)\n\nA system where two galaxies are in the process of merging.\n\n[![Photo of Infinity Galaxy](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/infinity\/infinity_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/infinity\/)\n\n15 Jul 25\n\n[Infinity Galaxy](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/infinity\/)\n\nA galaxy that may contain the first newborn supermassive black hole ever spotted.\n\n[![Photo of M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/m31\/m31_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/m31\/)\n\n25 Jun 25\n\n[M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/m31\/)\n\n(Andromeda Galaxy)\n\nThis galaxy is the closest spiral to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years.\n\n[![Photo of J1610+1811](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/j1610\/j1610_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/j1610\/)\n\n09 Jun 25\n\n[J1610+1811](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/j1610\/)\n\nA growing supermassive black hole, or quasar, located about 11.6 billion light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of SS 433](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/sonify10\/sonify10_ss433_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/sonify10\/)\n\n08 May 25\n\n[SS 433](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/sonify10\/)\n\nThree new sonifications of objects with a connection to black holes.\n\n[![Photo of AT2024tvd](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/bhtde\/bhtde_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/bhtde\/)\n\n08 May 25\n\n[AT2024tvd](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/bhtde\/)\n\nA \"tidal disruption event\" (TDE) in a galaxy about 610 million light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of GRO J1655-40](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/j1655\/j1655_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/j1655\/)\n\n27 Mar 25\n\n[GRO J1655-40](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/j1655\/)\n\nA binary system with a stellar-mass black hole and Sun-like star about 11,000 light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Filaments in Clusters](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/filaments\/filaments_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/filaments\/)\n\n27 Jan 25\n\n[Filaments in Clusters](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/filaments\/)\n\nTwo of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey.\n\n[![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/filaments\/filaments_perseus_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/filaments\/)\n\n27 Jan 25\n\n[Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2025\/filaments\/)\n\nTwo of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey.\n\n[![Photo of LID-568](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/lid568\/lid568_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/lid568\/)\n\n04 Nov 24\n\n[LID-568](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/lid568\/)\n\nA black hole at the center of a galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang.\n\n[![Photo of AT2019qiz](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/tde\/tde_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/tde\/)\n\n09 Oct 24\n\n[AT2019qiz](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/tde\/)\n\nA black hole located about 210 million light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of MCG-03-34-64](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/collide\/collide_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/collide\/)\n\n09 Sep 24\n\n[MCG-03-34-64](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/collide\/)\n\nCores of two galaxies are on a collision course.\n\n[![Photo of AT2018fyk](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/bhsnack\/bhsnack_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/bhsnack\/)\n\n14 Aug 24\n\n[AT2018fyk](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/bhsnack\/)\n\nA \"tidal disruption event\" located about 860 million light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Galactic Center](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/25th\/25th_gcenter_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/25th\/)\n\n22 Jul 24\n\n[Galactic Center](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/25th\/)\n\n(Sagittarius A\\*)\n\n25 Images for Chandra's 25th Anniversary\n\n[![Photo of Supermassive Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/bhsim\/bhsim_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/bhsim\/)\n\n11 Jun 24\n\n[Supermassive Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/bhsim\/)\n\nA study of over 8,000 rapidly growing black holes.\n\n[![Photo of Death Star Black Holes](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/deathstars\/deathstars_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/deathstars\/)\n\n22 May 24\n\n[Death Star Black Holes](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/deathstars\/)\n\nA cluster and group of galaxies that are part of a larger sample to study black hole jets.\n\n[![Photo of Abell 478](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/deathstars\/deathstars_a478_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/deathstars\/)\n\n22 May 24\n\n[Abell 478](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/deathstars\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster that is part of a larger sample to study black hole jets.\n\n[![Photo of Galactic Center Vent](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/vent\/vent_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/vent\/)\n\n09 May 24\n\n[Galactic Center Vent](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/vent\/)\n\nA structure about 700 light-years from the center of the Milky Way.\n\n[![Photo of M74](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/sonify8\/sonify8_m74_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/sonify8\/)\n\n28 Feb 24\n\n[M74](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/sonify8\/)\n\nThree new translations of telescope data into sound.\n\n[![Photo of SDSS J1531+3414](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/beads\/beads_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/beads\/)\n\n21 Feb 24\n\n[SDSS J1531+3414](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/beads\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster about 3.8 billion light years from Earth where two large galaxies are colliding.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/football\/football_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/football\/)\n\n08 Feb 24\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/football\/)\n\nThe supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years away.\n\n[![Photo of SS 433](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/ss433\/ss433_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/ss433\/)\n\n17 Jan 24\n\n[SS 433](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2024\/ss433\/)\n\nA black hole inside a supernova remnant located about 18,000 light-years away.\n\n[![Photo of UHZ1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/uhz1\/uhz1_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/uhz1\/)\n\n06 Nov 23\n\n[UHZ1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/uhz1\/)\n\nA galaxy containing the most distant black hole discovered in X-rays located about 13.2 billion light years away.\n\n[![Photo of Galactic Center](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/archives\/archives_gcenter_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/archives\/)\n\n13 Sep 23\n\n[Galactic Center](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/archives\/)\n\n(Sagittarius A\\*)\n\nFive new multiwavelength images featuring Chandra data.\n\n[![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/tde\/tde_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/tde\/)\n\n22 Aug 23\n\n[ASASSN-14li](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/tde\/)\n\nA tidal disruption event about 290 million miles away from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/gcenter\/gcenter_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/gcenter\/)\n\n21 Jun 23\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/gcenter\/)\n\nThe supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.\n\n[![Photo of M74](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/chandrawebb2\/chandrawebb2_m74_comp_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/chandrawebb2\/)\n\n23 May 23\n\n[M74](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/chandrawebb2\/)\n\nA spiral galaxy located about 32 million light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of M84](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/m84\/m84_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/m84\/)\n\n04 May 23\n\n[M84](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/m84\/)\n\nA massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster.\n\n[![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/bh_pairs\/bh_pairs_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/bh_pairs\/)\n\n22 Feb 23\n\n[Black Hole Pairs](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/bh_pairs\/)\n\nMerging dwarf galaxies about 760 million and 3.2 billion light-years away respectively.\n\n[![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/bh_pairs\/bh_pairs_mirabilis_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/bh_pairs\/)\n\n22 Feb 23\n\n[Black Hole Pairs](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/bh_pairs\/)\n\nMerging dwarf galaxies about 760 million light-years away.\n\n[![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/bh_pairs\/bh_pairs_elstir_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/bh_pairs\/)\n\n22 Feb 23\n\n[Black Hole Pairs](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/bh_pairs\/)\n\nMerging dwarf galaxies about 3.2 billion light-years away.\n\n[![Photo of XBONGS](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/xbongs\/xbongs_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/xbongs\/)\n\n11 Jan 23\n\n[XBONGS](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/xbongs\/)\n\nA class of objects that are optically \"normal\" but bright in X-rays.\n\n[![Photo of XBONGS](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/xbongs\/xbongs_3204_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/xbongs\/)\n\n11 Jan 23\n\n[XBONGS](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/xbongs\/)\n\nA class of objects that are optically \"normal\" but bright in X-rays.\n\n[![Photo of XBONGS](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/xbongs\/xbongs_3984_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/xbongs\/)\n\n11 Jan 23\n\n[XBONGS](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2023\/xbongs\/)\n\nA class of objects that are optically \"normal\" but bright in X-rays.\n\n[![Photo of V404 Cygni](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/sonify6\/sonify6_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/sonify6\/)\n\n21 Nov 22\n\n[V404 Cygni](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/sonify6\/)\n\n(V404 Cyg)\n\nA stellar-mass black hole with a companion star about 2,900 light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 4424](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/ngc4424\/ngc4424_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/ngc4424\/)\n\n18 Aug 22\n\n[NGC 4424](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/ngc4424\/)\n\nA spiral galaxy located about 54 million light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/sgra\/sgra_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/sgra\/)\n\n12 May 22\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/sgra\/)\n\nThe supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way located about 27,000 light years away.\n\n[![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/imbhs_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\n20 Apr 22\n\n[Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\nFour galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/imbhs_ngc1385_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\n20 Apr 22\n\n[Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\nFour galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/imbhs_ngc1566_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\n20 Apr 22\n\n[Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\nFour galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/imbhs_ngc3344_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\n20 Apr 22\n\n[Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\nFour galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/imbhs_ngc6503_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\n20 Apr 22\n\n[Black Hole Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/imbhs\/)\n\nFour galaxies with dense, central star clusters located 18-62 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Spiderweb Galaxy Field](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/spiderweb\/spiderweb_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/spiderweb\/)\n\n31 Mar 22\n\n[Spiderweb Galaxy Field](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/spiderweb\/)\n\nNicknamed the \"Spiderweb,\" a galaxy in a protocluster about 10.6 billion light years away.\n\n[![Photo of Mrk 462](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/mrk462\/mrk462_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/mrk462\/)\n\n10 Jan 22\n\n[Mrk 462](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2022\/mrk462\/)\n\nA dwarf galaxy located about 110 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of RBS 797](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/rbs797\/rbs797_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/rbs797\/)\n\n16 Dec 21\n\n[RBS 797](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/rbs797\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster located about 3.9 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of MG B2016+112](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/mgb2016\/mgb2016_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/mgb2016\/)\n\n31 Aug 21\n\n[MG B2016+112](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/mgb2016\/)\n\nA single or pair of growing supermassive black holes located 11.8 billion light-years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of V404 Cygni](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/v404cyg\/v404cyg_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/v404cyg\/)\n\n05 Aug 21\n\n[V404 Cygni](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/v404cyg\/)\n\n(V404 Cyg)\n\nA binary system including a black hole about 7,800 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Northern Clump](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/nclump\/nclump_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/nclump\/)\n\n02 Jul 21\n\n[Northern Clump](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/nclump\/)\n\n(MCXC J0621.7-5242)\n\nA cluster of galaxies located about 690 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/m87\/m87_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/m87\/)\n\n14 Apr 21\n\n[M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/m87\/)\n\nA galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center located about 55 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of PJ352-15](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/jet\/jet_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/jet\/)\n\n09 Mar 21\n\n[PJ352-15](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/jet\/)\n\nA quasar located about 12.7 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A East](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/sgrae\/sgrae_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/sgrae\/)\n\n08 Feb 21\n\n[Sagittarius A East](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/sgrae\/)\n\nA supernova remnant located near the center of the Milky Way.\n\n[![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/dualagn\/dualagn_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/dualagn\/)\n\n14 Jan 21\n\n[Triple Galaxy Mergers](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/dualagn\/)\n\nTwo of seven triple galaxy mergers that are located between 370 million and one billion light years away from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/dualagn\/dualagn_j1027_comp_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/dualagn\/)\n\n14 Jan 21\n\n[Triple Galaxy Mergers](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/dualagn\/)\n\nOne of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 890 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/dualagn\/dualagn_j1708_comp_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/dualagn\/)\n\n14 Jan 21\n\n[Triple Galaxy Mergers](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2021\/dualagn\/)\n\nOne of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 960 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Abell 2261](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/a2261\/a2261_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/a2261\/)\n\n17 Dec 20\n\n[Abell 2261](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/a2261\/)\n\nA cluster of galaxies located about 2.7 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Quasar Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/bhjets\/bhjets_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/bhjets\/)\n\n14 Oct 20\n\n[Quasar Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/bhjets\/)\n\nOver 700 supermassive black holes at a range of distances.\n\n[![Photo of M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/archives\/archives_m82_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/archives\/)\n\n02 Sep 20\n\n[M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/archives\/)\n\nA sample of multiwavelength images with data from Chandra and other telescopes.\n\n[![Photo of Obscured AGN in the Chandra Deep Field South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/cdfsagn\/cdfsagn_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/cdfsagn\/)\n\n15 Jul 20\n\n[Obscured AGN in the Chandra Deep Field South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/cdfsagn\/)\n\nThe deepest X-ray image ever obtained that contains 28 previously misidentified black holes.\n\n[![Photo of MAXI J1820+070](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/maxij1820\/maxij1820_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/maxij1820\/)\n\n29 May 20\n\n[MAXI J1820+070](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/maxij1820\/)\n\nA system with a black hole and companion star about 10,000 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of GSN 069](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/gsn069\/gsn069_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/gsn069\/)\n\n23 Apr 20\n\n[GSN 069](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/gsn069\/)\n\nA galaxy with a central supermassive black hole about 250 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/perseus\/perseus_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/perseus\/)\n\n19 Mar 20\n\n[Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/perseus\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster located about 240 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/ophiuchus\/ophiuchus_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/ophiuchus\/)\n\n27 Feb 20\n\n[Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/ophiuchus\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster located about 390 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/m87\/m87_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/m87\/)\n\n06 Jan 20\n\n[M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2020\/m87\/)\n\nA galaxy with a supermassive black hole about 55 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 6338](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/ngc6338\/ngc6338_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/ngc6338\/)\n\n17 Dec 19\n\n[NGC 6338](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/ngc6338\/)\n\nTwo colliding groups of galaxies located about 380 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Positive Feedback Black Hole](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/bhfeedback\/bhfeedback_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/bhfeedback\/)\n\n26 Nov 19\n\n[Positive Feedback Black Hole](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/bhfeedback\/)\n\nA galaxy located about 9.9 billion light years from Earth\n\n[![Photo of SDSS J0849+1114](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/3blackholes\/3blackholes_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/3blackholes\/)\n\n25 Sep 19\n\n[SDSS J0849+1114](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/3blackholes\/)\n\nA trio of black holes located about a billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of GSN 069](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/gsn069\/gsn069_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/gsn069\/)\n\n11 Sep 19\n\n[GSN 069](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/gsn069\/)\n\nA galaxy containing a supermassive black hole about 250,000 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of QSO PSO167-13](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/cloaked\/cloaked_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/cloaked\/)\n\n08 Aug 19\n\n[QSO PSO167-13](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/cloaked\/)\n\nA black hole obscured by gas and dust about 13 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/black_hole\/black_hole_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/black_hole\/)\n\n10 Apr 19\n\n[M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/black_hole\/)\n\nThe core of a galaxy about 50 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Quasar Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/dark\/dark_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/dark\/)\n\n29 Jan 19\n\n[Quasar Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/dark\/)\n\nAbout 1,600 rapidly growing black holes located up to 12.7 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/bhspin\/bhspin_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/bhspin\/)\n\n09 Jan 19\n\n[ASASSN-14li](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2019\/bhspin\/)\n\nA tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of AM 0644-741](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/ring\/ring_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/ring\/)\n\n06 Sep 18\n\n[AM 0644-741](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/ring\/)\n\nA ring galaxy located about 300 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of COSMOS Legacy Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/imbhs\/imbhs_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/imbhs\/)\n\n09 Aug 18\n\n[COSMOS Legacy Survey](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/imbhs\/)\n\nTwo separate surveys of \"intermediate-mass black holesâ€ that stretch from the nearby Universe to 10.9 billion light years away.\n\n[![Photo of J2150](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/j2150\/j2150_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/j2150\/)\n\n18 Jun 18\n\n[J2150](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/j2150\/)\n\nA medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on a nearby star.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\* Swarm](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/sgra_swarm\/sgra_swarm_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/sgra_swarm\/)\n\n09 May 18\n\n[Sagittarius A\\* Swarm](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/sgra_swarm\/)\n\nA region around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/perseus\/perseus_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/perseus\/)\n\n03 Apr 18\n\n[Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/perseus\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/cdfs_bh\/cdfs_bh_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/cdfs_bh\/)\n\n15 Feb 18\n\n[Chandra Deep Field South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/cdfs_bh\/)\n\nThe growth of the biggest black holes in the Universe is outrunning the rate of formation of stars in the galaxies they inhabit.\n\n[![Photo of Galactic Center](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/gcenter360\/gcenter360_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/gcenter360\/)\n\n10 Jan 18\n\n[Galactic Center](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2018\/gcenter360\/)\n\nThe region of the Milky Way's center about 26,000 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/dark\/dark_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/dark\/)\n\n19 Dec 17\n\n[Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/dark\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of J0045+41](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/m31\/m31_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/m31\/)\n\n30 Nov 17\n\n[J0045+41](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/m31\/)\n\nAn object possibly containing two supermassive black holes about 2.6 billion light years away.\n\n[![Photo of J140737](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/doubleagn\/doubleagn_140737_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/doubleagn\/)\n\n03 Oct 17\n\n[J140737](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/doubleagn\/)\n\nTwo pairs of merging supermassive black holes\n\n[![Photo of J122104](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/doubleagn\/doubleagn_122104_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/doubleagn\/)\n\n03 Oct 17\n\n[J122104](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/doubleagn\/)\n\nTwo pairs of merging supermassive black holes\n\n[![Photo of Arp 299](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/arp299\/arp299_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/arp299\/)\n\n26 Jun 17\n\n[Arp 299](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/arp299\/)\n\nArp 299: A system of merging galaxies located about 140 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/cdfs2\/cdfs2_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/cdfs2\/)\n\n31 May 17\n\n[Chandra Deep Field South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/cdfs2\/)\n\nA population of growing black holes over 13 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of CXO J101527.2+625911](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/rsmbh\/rsmbh_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/rsmbh\/)\n\n11 May 17\n\n[CXO J101527.2+625911](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/rsmbh\/)\n\nA candidate recoiling black hole located in an elliptical galaxy about 3.9 billion light years away.\n\n[![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/perseus\/perseus_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/perseus\/)\n\n02 May 17\n\n[Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/perseus\/)\n\nScientists have found a vast wave of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster spanning some 200,000 light years.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 4696](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/ngc4696\/ngc4696_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/ngc4696\/)\n\n19 Apr 17\n\n[NGC 4696](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/ngc4696\/)\n\nCentaurus Cluster: A cluster of galaxies located about 145 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of CDF-S Transient](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/cdfsxt1\/cdfsxt1_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/cdfsxt1\/)\n\n30 Mar 17\n\n[CDF-S Transient](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/cdfsxt1\/)\n\n(CDF-S XT1)\n\nA source located in the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) that displays extraordinary properties.\n\n[![Photo of Abell 3411 and 3412](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/a3411\/a3411_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/a3411\/)\n\n05 Jan 17\n\n[Abell 3411 and 3412](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/a3411\/)\n\nA pair of colliding galaxy clusters about 2 billion light years away.\n\n[![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/cdfs\/cdfs_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/cdfs\/)\n\n05 Jan 17\n\n[Chandra Deep Field South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2017\/cdfs\/)\n\nThe deepest X-ray image, containing objects at a distance of nearly 13 billion light years.\n\n[![Photo of XJ1417+52](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/xj1417\/xj1417_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/xj1417\/)\n\n05 Oct 16\n\n[XJ1417+52](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/xj1417\/)\n\nA black hole found in the outer regions of a galaxy about 4.5 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of GRB 140903A](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/grb\/grb_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/grb\/)\n\n14 Jul 16\n\n[GRB 140903A](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/grb\/)\n\nA gamma-ray burst in a galaxy about 3.9 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of VLA J2130+12](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/vla\/vla_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/vla\/)\n\n27 Jun 16\n\n[VLA J2130+12](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/vla\/)\n\nA binary system containing a quiescent black hole about 7,200 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of GOODS-S 29323](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/bhseeds\/bhseeds_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/bhseeds\/)\n\n24 May 16\n\n[GOODS-S 29323](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/bhseeds\/)\n\nOne of two distant supermassive black hole \"seed\" candidates.\n\n[![Photo of SDSS J1126+2944](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/j1126\/j1126_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/j1126\/)\n\n06 Jan 16\n\n[SDSS J1126+2944](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2016\/j1126\/)\n\nA recently discovered black hole, could provide new insight into black hole evolution and behavior.\n\n[![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/tidal\/tidal_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/tidal\/)\n\n21 Oct 15\n\n[ASASSN-14li](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/tidal\/)\n\nA tidal disruption in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/archives\/archives_ms0735_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/archives\/)\n\n08 Oct 15\n\n[MS 0735.6+7421](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/archives\/)\n\nSix objects ranging in location from within the Milky Way to billions of light years away.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/sgra2\/sgra2_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/sgra2\/)\n\n23 Sep 15\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/sgra2\/)\n\nThe 4-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of the Milky Way.\n\n[![Photo of CID-947](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/cid947\/cid947_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/cid947\/)\n\n09 Jul 15\n\n[CID-947](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/cid947\/)\n\nA black hole ejects part of the accreted matter in the form of energetic radiation.\n\n[![Photo of SGR 1745-2900](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/sgr1745\/sgr1745_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/sgr1745\/)\n\n14 May 15\n\n[SGR 1745-2900](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/sgr1745\/)\n\n(Sgr Magnetar)\n\nA magnetar as close as about 2 trillion miles to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/sgra\/sgra_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/sgra\/)\n\n05 Jan 15\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2015\/sgra\/)\n\nThe supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way about 26,000 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/sgra\/sgra_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/sgra\/)\n\n13 Nov 14\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/sgra\/)\n\nThe Milky Way's supermassive black hole, about 26,000 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/perseusvirgo\/perseusvirgo_perseus_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/perseusvirgo\/)\n\n27 Oct 14\n\n[Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/perseusvirgo\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster about 250 million light years away.\n\n[![Photo of M82X-2](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/m82nu\/m82nu_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/m82nu\/)\n\n08 Oct 14\n\n[M82X-2](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/m82nu\/)\n\nA source with unusual pulsations in the M82 galaxy about 11.4 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/perseus\/perseus_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/perseus\/)\n\n24 Jun 14\n\n[Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/perseus\/)\n\nA giant collection of galaxies immersed in hot gas about 250 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of M81](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/proam\/m81_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/proam\/)\n\n23 Apr 14\n\n[M81](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/proam\/)\n\nFour images of galaxies that have been made using data from both amateur and professional telescopes.\n\n[![Photo of RX J1131-1231](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/rxj1131\/rxj1131_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/rxj1131\/)\n\n05 Mar 14\n\n[RX J1131-1231](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2014\/rxj1131\/)\n\nA quasar located about 6 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/sgra\/sgra_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/sgra\/)\n\n20 Nov 13\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/sgra\/)\n\nThe supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/sgra_echoes\/sgra_echoes_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/sgra_echoes\/)\n\n24 Oct 13\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/sgra_echoes\/)\n\nThe supermassive black hole about 26,000 light years from Earth at the center of the Milky Way\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/sgra_gas\/sgra_gas_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/sgra_gas\/)\n\n29 Aug 13\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/sgra_gas\/)\n\nThe supermassive black hole located 26,000 light years from Earth in the center of the Milky Way.\n\n[![Photo of M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/m31\/m31_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/m31\/)\n\n12 Jun 13\n\n[M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/m31\/)\n\n(Andromeda Galaxy)\n\nA spiral galaxy located 2.5 million light years from our own.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 6240](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/ngc6240\/ngc6240_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/ngc6240\/)\n\n30 Apr 13\n\n[NGC 6240](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2013\/ngc6240\/)\n\nA pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 330 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of PKS 0745](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/pks0745\/pks0745_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/pks0745\/)\n\n18 Dec 12\n\n[PKS 0745](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/pks0745\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster about 1.3 billion light years from Earth with a large elliptical galaxy in its center.\n\n[![Photo of Abell 2204](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/pks0745\/a2204_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/pks0745\/)\n\n18 Dec 12\n\n[Abell 2204](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/pks0745\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster about 1.89 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 4342](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/ngc4342\/n4342_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/ngc4342\/)\n\n11 Jun 12\n\n[NGC 4342](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/ngc4342\/)\n\nNew evidence from Chandra challenges prevailing ideas about how supermassive black holes grow in the centers of galaxies.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 4291](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/ngc4342\/n4291_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/ngc4342\/)\n\n11 Jun 12\n\n[NGC 4291](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/ngc4342\/)\n\nA galaxy, located 85 million light years away, with an unusually large central black hole.\n\n[![Photo of CID-42](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/cid42\/cid42_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/cid42\/)\n\n04 Jun 12\n\n[CID-42](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/cid42\/)\n\nThe galaxy at the center of this image contains an X-ray source, CID-42, with exceptional properties.\n\n[![Photo of PS1-10jh](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/ps1\/ps1_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/ps1\/)\n\n03 May 12\n\n[PS1-10jh](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/ps1\/)\n\nA galaxy about 2.7 billion light years from Earth with a supermassive black hole at its center.\n\n[![Photo of IGR J17091-3624](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/igr\/igr_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/igr\/)\n\n21 Feb 12\n\n[IGR J17091-3624](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/igr\/)\n\nA binary system containing a stellar-mass black hole.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/sgra\/sgra_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/sgra\/)\n\n08 Feb 12\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2012\/sgra\/)\n\nIllustration of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.\n\n[![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/cygx1\/cygx1_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/cygx1\/)\n\n17 Nov 11\n\n[Cygnus X-1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/cygx1\/)\n\nA stellar-mass black hole in orbit with a companion star located about 6,000 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 3115](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/n3115\/n3115_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/n3115\/)\n\n27 Jul 11\n\n[NGC 3115](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/n3115\/)\n\nlenticular galaxy located about 32 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/cdfs\/cdfs_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/cdfs\/)\n\n15 Jun 11\n\n[Chandra Deep Field South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/cdfs\/)\n\nA composite image combines the deepest X-ray image with optical and infrared data.\n\n[![Photo of GRB 110328A](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/grb110328\/grb110328_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/grb110328\/)\n\n07 Apr 11\n\n[GRB 110328A](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/grb110328\/)\n\nA gamma-ray burst located about 3.8 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/m82\/m82_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/m82\/)\n\n13 Jan 11\n\n[M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/m82\/)\n\nA starburst galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of GRS 1915+105](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/g1915\/g1915_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/g1915\/)\n\n12 Jan 11\n\n[GRS 1915+105](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/g1915\/)\n\nA system containing a black hole about 14 times the Sun's mass in orbit with a companion star.\n\n[![Photo of Henize 2-10](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/he210\/he210_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/he210\/)\n\n10 Jan 11\n\n[Henize 2-10](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2011\/he210\/)\n\nA dwarf starburst galaxy about 30 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of SN 1979C](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/sn1979c\/sn1979c_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/sn1979c\/)\n\n15 Nov 10\n\n[SN 1979C](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/sn1979c\/)\n\nA supernova that was seen to explode in 1979 from Earth, found in the galaxy M100.\n\n[![Photo of M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/m87\/m87_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/m87\/)\n\n18 Aug 10\n\n[M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/m87\/)\n\nA massive galaxy about 50 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster.\n\n[![Photo of 4C+00.58](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/4c0058\/4c0058_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/4c0058\/)\n\n21 Jul 10\n\n[4C+00.58](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/4c0058\/)\n\nA galaxy harboring a giant black hole about 780 million light years away.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 7793](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/ngc7793\/ngc7793_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/ngc7793\/)\n\n07 Jul 10\n\n[NGC 7793](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/ngc7793\/)\n\nA galaxy about 12.7 million light years away containing a so-called microquasar.\n\n[![Photo of CID-42](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/cid42\/cid42_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/cid42\/)\n\n30 Jun 10\n\n[CID-42](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/cid42\/)\n\nA source in the Cosmic Evolution Survey field thought to be at a distance of almost 4 billion light years.\n\n[![Photo of M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/m31\/m31_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/m31\/)\n\n25 May 10\n\n[M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/m31\/)\n\n(Andromeda Galaxy)\n\nA supermassive black hole in the center of Andromeda\n\n[![Photo of M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/m82\/m82_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/m82\/)\n\n29 Apr 10\n\n[M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/m82\/)\n\nThe nearest starburst galaxy to Earth at a distance of 12 million light years.\n\n[![Photo of M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/type1a\/type1a_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/type1a\/)\n\n17 Feb 10\n\n[M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/type1a\/)\n\n(Andromeda Galaxy)\n\nOne of six galaxies in a study to examine properties of Type Ia supernovas.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/sgra\/sgra_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/sgra\/)\n\n05 Jan 10\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2010\/sgra\/)\n\nThe supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 6240](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2009\/ngc6240\/ngc6240_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2009\/ngc6240\/)\n\n06 Oct 09\n\n[NGC 6240](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2009\/ngc6240\/)\n\nA galaxy about 330 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2009\/cygx1\/cygx1_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2009\/cygx1\/)\n\n27 Aug 09\n\n[Cygnus X-1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2009\/cygx1\/)\n\nA black hole in close orbit around a blue supergiant star.\n\n[![Photo of GRS 1915+105](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2009\/g1915\/g1915_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2009\/g1915\/)\n\n25 Mar 09\n\n[GRS 1915+105](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2009\/g1915\/)\n\nA stellar-mass black hole with about 14 times the Sun's mass in the Milky Way.\n\n[![Photo of M84](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/m84\/m84_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/m84\/)\n\n13 Nov 08\n\n[M84](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/m84\/)\n\nA massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster.\n\n[![Photo of M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/m87\/m87_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/m87\/)\n\n05 Aug 08\n\n[M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/m87\/)\n\nThe largest galaxy in the Virgo cluster of galaxies at a distance of 60 million light years away.\n\n[![Photo of M81](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/m81\/m81_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/m81\/)\n\n18 Jun 08\n\n[M81](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/m81\/)\n\nA spiral galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bhslm\/bhslm_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bhslm\/)\n\n16 Apr 08\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bhslm\/)\n\nClouds of gas near the central black hole brightened and faded quickly in X-ray light.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 4374](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bh_spin\/bh_spin_4374_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bh_spin\/)\n\n10 Jan 08\n\n[NGC 4374](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bh_spin\/)\n\nA sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 4552](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bh_spin\/bh_spin_4552_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bh_spin\/)\n\n10 Jan 08\n\n[NGC 4552](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bh_spin\/)\n\nA sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 5846](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bh_spin\/bh_spin_5846_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bh_spin\/)\n\n10 Jan 08\n\n[NGC 5846](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2008\/bh_spin\/)\n\nA sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers.\n\n[![Photo of GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2007\/goods\/goods_multipanel_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2007\/goods\/)\n\n25 Oct 07\n\n[GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2007\/goods\/)\n\nA compilation of long observations on the same patch of sky.\n\n[![Photo of M33 X-7](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2007\/m33x7\/m33x7_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2007\/m33x7\/)\n\n17 Oct 07\n\n[M33 X-7](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2007\/m33x7\/)\n\nA binary system in the galaxy M33 where a large companion star is in orbit around a black hole.\n\n[![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/ms0735\/ms0735_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/ms0735\/)\n\n02 Nov 06\n\n[MS 0735.6+7421](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/ms0735\/)\n\nA galaxy cluster located about 2.6 billion light years away in the constellation of Camelopardus.\n\n[![Photo of M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/m87\/m87_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/m87\/)\n\n05 Oct 06\n\n[M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/m87\/)\n\nAn elliptical galaxy known in the Virgo cluster about 50 million light years away.\n\n[![Photo of GRO J1655-40](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/j1655\/j1655_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/j1655\/)\n\n21 Jun 06\n\n[GRO J1655-40](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/j1655\/)\n\nA binary star system consisting of a black hole and a normal star, located about 11,000 light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/m31\/m31_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/m31\/)\n\n05 Jun 06\n\n[M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/m31\/)\n\n(Andromeda Galaxy)\n\nThis color-coded Chandra image shows the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy.\n\n[![Photo of M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/m82\/m82_comp_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/m82\/)\n\n24 Apr 06\n\n[M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/m82\/)\n\nA galaxy 12 million light years from Earth that is undergoing a burst of star formation.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 4696](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/bhcen_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/)\n\n24 Apr 06\n\n[NGC 4696](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/)\n\nA large elliptical galaxy in the Centaurus Galaxy Cluster\n\n[![Photo of NGC 4374](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/ngc4374_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/)\n\n24 Apr 06\n\n[NGC 4374](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/)\n\nAn elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 4552](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/ngc4552_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/)\n\n24 Apr 06\n\n[NGC 4552](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/)\n\nAn elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 5846](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/ngc5846_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/)\n\n24 Apr 06\n\n[NGC 5846](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2006\/bhcen\/)\n\nAn elliptical galaxy 146 million light years away.\n\n[![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/perseus\/perseus_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/perseus\/)\n\n01 Dec 05\n\n[Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/perseus\/)\n\nThe central region of a rich galaxy cluster about 250 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/sgra\/sgra_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/sgra\/)\n\n13 Oct 05\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/sgra\/)\n\nChandra's image of the Galactic Center has provided evidence for a new and unexpected way for stars to form.\n\n[![Photo of Chandra Deep Field-North](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/felines\/felines_illustration_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/felines\/)\n\n23 May 05\n\nX-rays from iron atoms near supermassive black holes in the Chandra Deep Fields.\n\n[![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/felines\/felines_illustration_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/felines\/)\n\n23 May 05\n\nX-rays from iron atoms near supermassive black holes in the Chandra Deep Fields.\n\n[![Photo of Submillimeter Galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field-North (SMG 123616.1+621513)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/smg\/smg_comp_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/smg\/)\n\n06 Apr 05\n\nMerging submillimeter galaxies.\n\n[![Photo of M74](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/m74\/m74_comp_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/m74\/)\n\n22 Mar 05\n\n[M74](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/m74\/)\n\nAn Ultraluminous X-ray Source in the Spiral Galaxy M74\n\n[![Photo of Lockman Hole](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/bhlock\/bhlock_3panel_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/bhlock\/)\n\n15 Feb 05\n\n[Lockman Hole](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/bhlock\/)\n\nA region of the sky with a minimum of light-absorbing gas.\n\n[![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/ms0735\/ms0735_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/ms0735\/)\n\n05 Jan 05\n\n[MS 0735.6+7421](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2005\/ms0735\/)\n\nA cluster of galaxies 2.6 billion light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of GOODS CDFS 033213.9-275000](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/goodsbh\/goodsbh_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/goodsbh\/)\n\n01 Jun 04\n\n[GOODS CDFS 033213.9-275000](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/goodsbh\/)\n\nSupermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of GOODS CDFS 033251.6-275212](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/goodsbh\/goodsbh2_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/goodsbh\/)\n\n01 Jun 04\n\n[GOODS CDFS 033251.6-275212](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/goodsbh\/)\n\nSupermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/m87\/m87_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/m87\/)\n\n10 May 04\n\n[M87](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/m87\/)\n\nLong-exposure image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87.\n\n[![Photo of MGG11](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/mgg11\/m82_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/mgg11\/)\n\n10 Apr 04\n\n[MGG11](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/mgg11\/)\n\nA mid-size black hole in the star cluster MGG 11.\n\n[![Photo of RX J1242-11](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/rxj1242\/rxj1242_comp_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/rxj1242\/)\n\n18 Feb 04\n\n[RX J1242-11](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/rxj1242\/)\n\nA star being torn apart by the tidal forces of a black hole.\n\n[![Photo of SS 433](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/ss433\/ss433_comp_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/ss433\/)\n\n05 Jan 04\n\n[SS 433](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2004\/ss433\/)\n\nJets from SS 433 may be originating five times closer to the black hole than previously thought.\n\n[![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/bhspin\/cygx1_spectrum_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/bhspin\/)\n\n17 Sep 03\n\n[Cygnus X-1](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/bhspin\/)\n\nTelltale X-rays from iron may reveal if black holes are spinning or not.\n\n[![Photo of GX 339-4](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/bhspin\/gx339-4_spectrum_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/bhspin\/)\n\n17 Sep 03\n\n[GX 339-4](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/bhspin\/)\n\nTelltale X-rays from iron may reveal if black holes are spinning or not.\n\n[![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/perseus\/perseus_xray_3color_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/perseus\/)\n\n01 Sep 03\n\n[Perseus Cluster](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/perseus\/)\n\nA 53-hour Chandra observation of the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster.\n\n[![Photo of GOODS Chandra Deep Field-North](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/goods\/cdfn_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/goods\/)\n\n19 Jun 03\n\n[GOODS Chandra Deep Field-North](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/goods\/)\n\nThe Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South.\n\n[![Photo of GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/goods\/cdfs_xray_box_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/goods\/)\n\n19 Jun 03\n\n[GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/goods\/)\n\nThe Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/0203long\/0203long_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/0203long\/)\n\n06 Jan 03\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2003\/0203long\/)\n\nThis image of Sgr A\\* was made from the longest X-ray exposure of that region to date.\n\n[![Photo of SS 433](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/0214\/0214_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/0214\/)\n\n11 Dec 02\n\n[SS 433](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/0214\/)\n\nThis image shows two high speed lobes 5 trillion kilometers apart on opposite sides of a binary black hole system.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 6240](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/0192\/0192_xray_inset_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/0192\/)\n\n19 Nov 02\n\n[NGC 6240](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/0192\/)\n\nAn extremely luminous galaxy about 400 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of XTE J1550-564](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/xtej1550\/xtej1550_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/xtej1550\/)\n\n03 Oct 02\n\n[XTE J1550-564](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/xtej1550\/)\n\nA binary star system of a black hole and a normal star located in the Milky Way about 17,000 light years away.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 3516](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/ngc3516\/blackholebinary3_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/ngc3516\/)\n\n28 Jun 02\n\n[NGC 3516](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2002\/ngc3516\/)\n\nScientists Observe Light Fighting To Escape Black Hole's Pull\n\n[![Photo of M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/0007rev\/0007rev_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/0007rev\/)\n\n12 Oct 01\n\n[M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/0007rev\/)\n\n(Andromeda Galaxy)\n\nChandra and Hubble Space Telescope images of two recently detected emitting globular star clusters.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/0204flare\/0204flare_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/0204flare\/)\n\n05 Sep 01\n\n[Sagittarius A\\*](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/0204flare\/)\n\nA compact radio source in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy thought to be a supermassive black hole.\n\n[![Photo of M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/0094true\/0094true_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/0094true\/)\n\n05 Jun 01\n\n[M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/0094true\/)\n\nThis Chandra image shows a population of point-like \"ultraluminous\" X-ray sources in M82.\n\n[![Photo of XTE J1118+480](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/xtej1118\/xtej1118_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/xtej1118\/)\n\n07 May 01\n\n[XTE J1118+480](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/xtej1118\/)\n\nChandra image of a spectrum of a black hole, which is similar to the colorful spectrum of sunlight produced by a prism.\n\n[![Photo of Chandra Deep Field-North](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/cdfn\/cdfn_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/cdfn\/)\n\n13 Mar 01\n\n[Chandra Deep Field-North](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/cdfn\/)\n\nA view of one of the most intensively studied patches of the night sky.\n\n[![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/cdfs\/cdfs_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/cdfs\/)\n\n13 Mar 01\n\n[Chandra Deep Field South](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/cdfs\/)\n\nThis image shows that gigantic black holes were much more active in the past than the present.\n\n[![Photo of Sagittarius A East](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/sgr_a\/sgr_a_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/sgr_a\/)\n\n01 Feb 01\n\n[Sagittarius A East](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/sgr_a\/)\n\nSupernova remnant Sagittarius A East.\n\n[![Photo of ](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/blackholes\/blackhole_illustration_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/blackholes\/)\n\n11 Jan 01\n\n[\"Black\" Black Holes](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2001\/blackholes\/)\n\nThis illustration depicts gas from a companion star being drawn by gravity onto a black hole.\n\n[![Photo of M82 Black Hole](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/m82bh\/m82bh_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/m82bh\/)\n\n12 Sep 00\n\n[M82 Black Hole](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/m82bh\/)\n\nMid-mass black hole found 600 light years from galaxy center.\n\n[![Photo of NGC 3783](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/ngc3783\/ngc3783_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/ngc3783\/)\n\n25 May 00\n\n[NGC 3783](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/ngc3783\/)\n\nX-ray spectrum probes black hole environs.\n\n[![Photo of M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/0094\/0094_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/0094\/)\n\n14 Jan 00\n\n[M82](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/0094\/)\n\nThe nearest starburst galaxy at a distance of 11 million light years from Earth.\n\n[![Photo of M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/0007\/0007_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/0007\/)\n\n14 Jan 00\n\n[M31](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/0007\/)\n\n(Andromeda Galaxy)\n\nOur nearest neighbor spiral galaxy at a distance of two million light years.\n\n[![Photo of Galactic Center](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/0204\/0204_xray_115.jpg)](https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/photo\/2000\/0204\/)\n\n14 Jan 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[![Photo of RACS J0320-35](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/red6/red6_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/red6/) 18 Sep 25 [RACS J0320-35](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/red6/) A quasar located about 12.8 billion light-years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 6099 HLX-1](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/ngc6099/ngc6099_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/ngc6099/) 24 Jul 25 [NGC 6099 HLX-1](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/ngc6099/) A black hole located about 453 million light-years from earth. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/cosmic_m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/) 23 Jul 25 [M82](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/cosmic_ic1623_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/) 23 Jul 25 [IC 1623](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/) A system where two galaxies are in the process of merging. [![Photo of Infinity Galaxy](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/infinity/infinity_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/infinity/) 15 Jul 25 [Infinity Galaxy](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/infinity/) A galaxy that may contain the first newborn supermassive black hole ever spotted. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/m31/) 25 Jun 25 [M31](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2025/j1610/j1610_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/j1610/) 09 Jun 25 [J1610+1811](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2025/sonify10/sonify10_ss433_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/sonify10/) 08 May 25 [SS 433](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/sonify10/) Three new sonifications of objects with a connection to black holes. [![Photo of AT2024tvd](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/bhtde/bhtde_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/bhtde/) 08 May 25 [AT2024tvd](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2025/j1655/j1655_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/j1655/) 27 Mar 25 [GRO J1655-40](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2025/filaments/filaments_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) 27 Jan 25 [Filaments in Clusters](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) Two of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/filaments/filaments_perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) 27 Jan 25 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/filaments/) Two of seven galaxy clusters with extensive filaments in a survey. [![Photo of LID-568](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/lid568/lid568_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/lid568/) 04 Nov 24 [LID-568](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2024/tde/tde_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/tde/) 09 Oct 24 [AT2019qiz](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/tde/) A black hole located about 210 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of MCG-03-34-64](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/collide/collide_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/collide/) 09 Sep 24 [MCG-03-34-64](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/collide/) Cores of two galaxies are on a collision course. [![Photo of AT2018fyk](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/bhsnack/bhsnack_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/bhsnack/) 14 Aug 24 [AT2018fyk](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/bhsnack/) A "tidal disruption event" located about 860 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Galactic Center](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/25th/25th_gcenter_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/25th/) 22 Jul 24 [Galactic Center](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/25th/) (Sagittarius A\) 25 Images for Chandra's 25th Anniversary [![Photo of Supermassive Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/bhsim/bhsim_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/bhsim/) 11 Jun 24 [Supermassive Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/bhsim/) A study of over 8,000 rapidly growing black holes. [![Photo of Death Star Black Holes](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/deathstars_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/) 22 May 24 [Death Star Black Holes](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/deathstars_a478_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/deathstars/) 22 May 24 [Abell 478](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2024/vent/vent_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/vent/) 09 May 24 [Galactic Center Vent](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/vent/) A structure about 700 light-years from the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of M74](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/sonify8/sonify8_m74_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/sonify8/) 28 Feb 24 [M74](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/sonify8/) Three new translations of telescope data into sound. [![Photo of SDSS J1531+3414](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/beads/beads_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/beads/) 21 Feb 24 [SDSS J1531+3414](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2024/football/football_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/football/) 08 Feb 24 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2024/ss433/ss433_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/ss433/) 17 Jan 24 [SS 433](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/ss433/) A black hole inside a supernova remnant located about 18,000 light-years away. [![Photo of UHZ1](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/uhz1/uhz1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/uhz1/) 06 Nov 23 [UHZ1](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2023/archives/archives_gcenter_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/archives/) 13 Sep 23 [Galactic Center](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/archives/) (Sagittarius A\) Five new multiwavelength images featuring Chandra data. [![Photo of ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/tde/tde_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/tde/) 22 Aug 23 [ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/tde/) A tidal disruption event about 290 million miles away from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/gcenter_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/) 21 Jun 23 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/) The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of M74](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/chandrawebb2/chandrawebb2_m74_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/chandrawebb2/) 23 May 23 [M74](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/chandrawebb2/) A spiral galaxy located about 32 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of M84](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/m84/m84_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/m84/) 04 May 23 [M84](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/bh_pairs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) 22 Feb 23 [Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/bh_pairs_mirabilis_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) 22 Feb 23 [Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) Merging dwarf galaxies about 760 million light-years away. [![Photo of Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/bh_pairs_elstir_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) 22 Feb 23 [Black Hole Pairs](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/bh_pairs/) Merging dwarf galaxies about 3.2 billion light-years away. [![Photo of XBONGS](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/xbongs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) 11 Jan 23 [XBONGS](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. [![Photo of XBONGS](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/xbongs_3204_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) 11 Jan 23 [XBONGS](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. [![Photo of XBONGS](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/xbongs_3984_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) 11 Jan 23 [XBONGS](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/xbongs/) A class of objects that are optically "normal" but bright in X-rays. [![Photo of V404 Cygni](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/sonify6/sonify6_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/sonify6/) 21 Nov 22 [V404 Cygni](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2022/ngc4424/ngc4424_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/ngc4424/) 18 Aug 22 [NGC 4424](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/ngc4424/) A spiral galaxy located about 54 million light-years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/sgra/) 12 May 22 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc1385_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc1566_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc3344_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/imbhs_ngc6503_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/imbhs/) 20 Apr 22 [Black Hole Survey](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2022/spiderweb/spiderweb_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/spiderweb/) 31 Mar 22 [Spiderweb Galaxy Field](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2022/mrk462/mrk462_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/mrk462/) 10 Jan 22 [Mrk 462](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/mrk462/) A dwarf galaxy located about 110 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of RBS 797](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/rbs797/rbs797_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/rbs797/) 16 Dec 21 [RBS 797](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/rbs797/) A galaxy cluster located about 3.9 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of MG B2016+112](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/mgb2016/mgb2016_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/mgb2016/) 31 Aug 21 [MG B2016+112](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2021/v404cyg/v404cyg_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/v404cyg/) 05 Aug 21 [V404 Cygni](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2021/nclump/nclump_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/nclump/) 02 Jul 21 [Northern Clump](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2021/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/m87/) 14 Apr 21 [M87](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2021/jet/jet_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/jet/) 09 Mar 21 [PJ352-15](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/jet/) A quasar located about 12.7 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A East](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/sgrae/sgrae_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/sgrae/) 08 Feb 21 [Sagittarius A East](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/sgrae/) A supernova remnant located near the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/dualagn_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) 14 Jan 21 [Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/dualagn_j1027_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) 14 Jan 21 [Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/dualagn_j1708_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) 14 Jan 21 [Triple Galaxy Mergers](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/dualagn/) One of seven triple galaxy mergers located about 960 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Abell 2261](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/a2261/a2261_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/a2261/) 17 Dec 20 [Abell 2261](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/a2261/) A cluster of galaxies located about 2.7 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of Quasar Survey](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/bhjets/bhjets_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/bhjets/) 14 Oct 20 [Quasar Survey](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/bhjets/) Over 700 supermassive black holes at a range of distances. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/archives/archives_m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/archives/) 02 Sep 20 [M82](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2020/cdfsagn/cdfsagn_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/cdfsagn/) 15 Jul 20 [Obscured AGN in the Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2020/maxij1820/maxij1820_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/maxij1820/) 29 May 20 [MAXI J1820+070](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2020/gsn069/gsn069_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/gsn069/) 23 Apr 20 [GSN 069](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2020/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/perseus/) 19 Mar 20 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/perseus/) A galaxy cluster located about 240 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/ophiuchus/ophiuchus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/ophiuchus/) 27 Feb 20 [Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/ophiuchus/) A galaxy cluster located about 390 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/m87/) 06 Jan 20 [M87](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/m87/) A galaxy with a supermassive black hole about 55 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 6338](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/ngc6338/ngc6338_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/ngc6338/) 17 Dec 19 [NGC 6338](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2019/bhfeedback/bhfeedback_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/bhfeedback/) 26 Nov 19 [Positive Feedback Black Hole](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/bhfeedback/) A galaxy located about 9.9 billion light years from Earth [![Photo of SDSS J0849+1114](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/3blackholes/3blackholes_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/3blackholes/) 25 Sep 19 [SDSS J0849+1114](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/3blackholes/) A trio of black holes located about a billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of GSN 069](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/gsn069/gsn069_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/gsn069/) 11 Sep 19 [GSN 069](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2019/cloaked/cloaked_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/cloaked/) 08 Aug 19 [QSO PSO167-13](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/cloaked/) A black hole obscured by gas and dust about 13 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/black_hole/black_hole_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/black_hole/) 10 Apr 19 [M87](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/black_hole/) The core of a galaxy about 50 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Quasar Survey](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/dark/dark_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/dark/) 29 Jan 19 [Quasar Survey](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2019/bhspin/bhspin_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/bhspin/) 09 Jan 19 [ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2018/ring/ring_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/ring/) 06 Sep 18 [AM 0644-741](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/ring/) A ring galaxy located about 300 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of COSMOS Legacy Survey](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/imbhs/imbhs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/imbhs/) 09 Aug 18 [COSMOS Legacy Survey](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/imbhs/) Two separate surveys of "intermediate-mass black holesâ€ that stretch from the nearby Universe to 10.9 billion light years away. [![Photo of J2150](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/j2150/j2150_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/j2150/) 18 Jun 18 [J2150](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2018/sgra_swarm/sgra_swarm_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/sgra_swarm/) 09 May 18 [Sagittarius A\* Swarm](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2018/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/perseus/) 03 Apr 18 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/perseus/) A galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/cdfs_bh/cdfs_bh_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/cdfs_bh/) 15 Feb 18 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2018/gcenter360/gcenter360_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/gcenter360/) 10 Jan 18 [Galactic Center](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2017/dark/dark_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/dark/) 19 Dec 17 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/dark/) A galaxy cluster located about 250 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of J0045+41](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/m31/) 30 Nov 17 [J0045+41](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/m31/) An object possibly containing two supermassive black holes about 2.6 billion light years away. [![Photo of J140737](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/doubleagn_140737_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) 03 Oct 17 [J140737](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) Two pairs of merging supermassive black holes [![Photo of J122104](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/doubleagn_122104_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) 03 Oct 17 [J122104](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/doubleagn/) Two pairs of merging supermassive black holes [![Photo of Arp 299](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/arp299/arp299_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/arp299/) 26 Jun 17 [Arp 299](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2017/cdfs2/cdfs2_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/cdfs2/) 31 May 17 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2017/rsmbh/rsmbh_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/rsmbh/) 11 May 17 [CXO J101527.2+625911](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2017/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/perseus/) 02 May 17 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2017/ngc4696/ngc4696_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/ngc4696/) 19 Apr 17 [NGC 4696](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2017/cdfsxt1/cdfsxt1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/cdfsxt1/) 30 Mar 17 [CDF-S Transient](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2017/a3411/a3411_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/a3411/) 05 Jan 17 [Abell 3411 and 3412](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/a3411/) A pair of colliding galaxy clusters about 2 billion light years away. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/cdfs/cdfs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/cdfs/) 05 Jan 17 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2016/xj1417/xj1417_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/xj1417/) 05 Oct 16 [XJ1417+52](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2016/grb/grb_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/grb/) 14 Jul 16 [GRB 140903A](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2016/vla/vla_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/vla/) 27 Jun 16 [VLA J2130+12](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2016/bhseeds/bhseeds_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/bhseeds/) 24 May 16 [GOODS-S 29323](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/bhseeds/) One of two distant supermassive black hole "seed" candidates. [![Photo of SDSS J1126+2944](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/j1126/j1126_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/j1126/) 06 Jan 16 [SDSS J1126+2944](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2015/tidal/tidal_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/tidal/) 21 Oct 15 [ASASSN-14li](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2015/archives/archives_ms0735_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/archives/) 08 Oct 15 [MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2015/sgra2/sgra2_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/sgra2/) 23 Sep 15 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/sgra2/) The 4-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of the Milky Way. [![Photo of CID-947](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/cid947/cid947_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/cid947/) 09 Jul 15 [CID-947](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2015/sgr1745/sgr1745_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/sgr1745/) 14 May 15 [SGR 1745-2900](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2015/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/sgra/) 05 Jan 15 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2014/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/sgra/) 13 Nov 14 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/sgra/) The Milky Way's supermassive black hole, about 26,000 light years from Earth. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/perseusvirgo/perseusvirgo_perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/perseusvirgo/) 27 Oct 14 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/perseusvirgo/) A galaxy cluster about 250 million light years away. [![Photo of M82X-2](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/m82nu/m82nu_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/m82nu/) 08 Oct 14 [M82X-2](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2014/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/perseus/) 24 Jun 14 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2014/proam/m81_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/proam/) 23 Apr 14 [M81](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2014/rxj1131/rxj1131_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/rxj1131/) 05 Mar 14 [RX J1131-1231](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/rxj1131/) A quasar located about 6 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/sgra/) 20 Nov 13 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/sgra/) The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way [![Photo of Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/sgra_echoes/sgra_echoes_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/sgra_echoes/) 24 Oct 13 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2013/sgra_gas/sgra_gas_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/sgra_gas/) 29 Aug 13 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2013/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/m31/) 12 Jun 13 [M31](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/m31/) (Andromeda Galaxy) A spiral galaxy located 2.5 million light years from our own. [![Photo of NGC 6240](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/ngc6240_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/) 30 Apr 13 [NGC 6240](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2013/ngc6240/) A pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 330 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of PKS 0745](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/pks0745_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/) 18 Dec 12 [PKS 0745](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/a2204_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/) 18 Dec 12 [Abell 2204](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/pks0745/) A galaxy cluster about 1.89 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of NGC 4342](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/n4342_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/) 11 Jun 12 [NGC 4342](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/n4291_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/ngc4342/) 11 Jun 12 [NGC 4291](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2012/cid42/cid42_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/cid42/) 04 Jun 12 [CID-42](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2012/ps1/ps1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/ps1/) 03 May 12 [PS1-10jh](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2012/igr/igr_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/igr/) 21 Feb 12 [IGR J17091-3624](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/igr/) A binary system containing a stellar-mass black hole. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/sgra/) 08 Feb 12 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/cygx1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/) 17 Nov 11 [Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2011/n3115/n3115_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/n3115/) 27 Jul 11 [NGC 3115](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/n3115/) lenticular galaxy located about 32 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Chandra Deep Field South ](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/cdfs/cdfs_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/cdfs/) 15 Jun 11 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/cdfs/) A composite image combines the deepest X-ray image with optical and infrared data. [![Photo of GRB 110328A](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/grb110328_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/) 07 Apr 11 [GRB 110328A](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/grb110328/) A gamma-ray burst located about 3.8 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/m82/m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/m82/) 13 Jan 11 [M82](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/m82/) A starburst galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/g1915/g1915_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/g1915/) 12 Jan 11 [GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2011/he210/he210_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/he210/) 10 Jan 11 [Henize 2-10](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/he210/) A dwarf starburst galaxy about 30 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of SN 1979C](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/sn1979c/sn1979c_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/sn1979c/) 15 Nov 10 [SN 1979C](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2010/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/m87/) 18 Aug 10 [M87](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/m87/) A massive galaxy about 50 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. [![Photo of 4C+00.58](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/4c0058_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/) 21 Jul 10 [4C+00.58](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/) A galaxy harboring a giant black hole about 780 million light years away. [![Photo of NGC 7793](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/ngc7793/ngc7793_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/ngc7793/) 07 Jul 10 [NGC 7793](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/ngc7793/) A galaxy about 12.7 million light years away containing a so-called microquasar. [![Photo of CID-42](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/cid42/cid42_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/cid42/) 30 Jun 10 [CID-42](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2010/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/m31/) 25 May 10 [M31](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/m31/) (Andromeda Galaxy) A supermassive black hole in the center of Andromeda [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/m82/m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/m82/) 29 Apr 10 [M82](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/m82/) The nearest starburst galaxy to Earth at a distance of 12 million light years. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/type1a/type1a_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/type1a/) 17 Feb 10 [M31](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2010/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/sgra/) 05 Jan 10 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2010/sgra/) The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [![Photo of NGC 6240](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/ngc6240/ngc6240_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/ngc6240/) 06 Oct 09 [NGC 6240](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/ngc6240/) A galaxy about 330 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/cygx1/cygx1_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/cygx1/) 27 Aug 09 [Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/cygx1/) A black hole in close orbit around a blue supergiant star. [![Photo of GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/g1915/g1915_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2009/g1915/) 25 Mar 09 [GRS 1915+105](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2008/m84/m84_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/m84/) 13 Nov 08 [M84](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/m84/) A massive elliptical galaxy about 55 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/m87/) 05 Aug 08 [M87](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2008/m81/m81_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/m81/) 18 Jun 08 [M81](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/m81/) A spiral galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/bhslm/bhslm_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/bhslm/) 16 Apr 08 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/bh_spin_4374_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) 10 Jan 08 [NGC 4374](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. [![Photo of NGC 4552](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/bh_spin_4552_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) 10 Jan 08 [NGC 4552](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) A sample of nine galaxies each containing supermassive black holes in their centers. [![Photo of NGC 5846](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/bh_spin_5846_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2008/bh_spin/) 10 Jan 08 [NGC 5846](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2007/goods/goods_multipanel_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2007/goods/) 25 Oct 07 [GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2007/goods/) A compilation of long observations on the same patch of sky. [![Photo of M33 X-7](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2007/m33x7/m33x7_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2007/m33x7/) 17 Oct 07 [M33 X-7](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2006/ms0735/ms0735_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/ms0735/) 02 Nov 06 [MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2006/m87/m87_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/m87/) 05 Oct 06 [M87](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2006/j1655/j1655_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/j1655/) 21 Jun 06 [GRO J1655-40](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2006/m31/m31_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/m31/) 05 Jun 06 [M31](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/m31/) (Andromeda Galaxy) This color-coded Chandra image shows the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/m82/m82_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/m82/) 24 Apr 06 [M82](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/bhcen_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 [NGC 4696](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) A large elliptical galaxy in the Centaurus Galaxy Cluster [![Photo of NGC 4374](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/ngc4374_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 [NGC 4374](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) An elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away. [![Photo of NGC 4552](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/ngc4552_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 [NGC 4552](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) An elliptical galaxy 55 million light years away. [![Photo of NGC 5846](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/ngc5846_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) 24 Apr 06 [NGC 5846](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/) An elliptical galaxy 146 million light years away. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/perseus/perseus_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/perseus/) 01 Dec 05 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2005/sgra/sgra_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/sgra/) 13 Oct 05 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2005/felines/felines_illustration_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2005/felines/felines_illustration_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2005/smg/smg_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/smg/) 06 Apr 05 Merging submillimeter galaxies. [![Photo of M74](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/m74/m74_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/m74/) 22 Mar 05 [M74](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/m74/) An Ultraluminous X-ray Source in the Spiral Galaxy M74 [![Photo of Lockman Hole](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/bhlock/bhlock_3panel_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/bhlock/) 15 Feb 05 [Lockman Hole](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/bhlock/) A region of the sky with a minimum of light-absorbing gas. [![Photo of MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/ms0735/ms0735_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/ms0735/) 05 Jan 05 [MS 0735.6+7421](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2005/ms0735/) A cluster of galaxies 2.6 billion light years from Earth. [![Photo of GOODS CDFS 033213.9-275000](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/goodsbh_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/) 01 Jun 04 [GOODS CDFS 033213.9-275000](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/goodsbh2_xray_opt_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/) 01 Jun 04 [GOODS CDFS 033251.6-275212](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/goodsbh/) Supermassive black hole in a young galaxy billions of light years from Earth. [![Photo of M87](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/m87/m87_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/m87/) 10 May 04 [M87](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/m87/) Long-exposure image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87. [![Photo of MGG11](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/mgg11/m82_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/mgg11/) 10 Apr 04 [MGG11](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/mgg11/) A mid-size black hole in the star cluster MGG 11. [![Photo of RX J1242-11](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/rxj1242_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/) 18 Feb 04 [RX J1242-11](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/) A star being torn apart by the tidal forces of a black hole. [![Photo of SS 433](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/ss433/ss433_comp_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2004/ss433/) 05 Jan 04 [SS 433](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/cygx1_spectrum_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/) 17 Sep 03 [Cygnus X-1](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/gx339-4_spectrum_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/) 17 Sep 03 [GX 339-4](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/bhspin/) Telltale X-rays from iron may reveal if black holes are spinning or not. [![Photo of Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/perseus/perseus_xray_3color_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/perseus/) 01 Sep 03 [Perseus Cluster](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2003/goods/cdfn_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/goods/) 19 Jun 03 [GOODS Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2003/goods/cdfs_xray_box_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/goods/) 19 Jun 03 [GOODS Chandra Deep Field-South](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/goods/) The Chandra Deep Fields cover two separate regions in the North and South. [![Photo of Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/0203long/0203long_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2003/0203long/) 06 Jan 03 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2002/0214/0214_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2002/0214/) 11 Dec 02 [SS 433](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2002/0192/0192_xray_inset_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2002/0192/) 19 Nov 02 [NGC 6240](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2002/0192/) An extremely luminous galaxy about 400 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of XTE J1550-564](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2002/xtej1550/xtej1550_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2002/xtej1550/) 03 Oct 02 [XTE J1550-564](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2002/ngc3516/blackholebinary3_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2002/ngc3516/) 28 Jun 02 [NGC 3516](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2002/ngc3516/) Scientists Observe Light Fighting To Escape Black Hole's Pull [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/0007rev/0007rev_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/0007rev/) 12 Oct 01 [M31](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2001/0204flare/0204flare_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/0204flare/) 05 Sep 01 [Sagittarius A\](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2001/0094true/0094true_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/0094true/) 05 Jun 01 [M82](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2001/xtej1118/xtej1118_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/xtej1118/) 07 May 01 [XTE J1118+480](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2001/cdfn/cdfn_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/cdfn/) 13 Mar 01 [Chandra Deep Field-North](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2001/cdfs/cdfs_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/cdfs/) 13 Mar 01 [Chandra Deep Field South](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2001/sgr_a/sgr_a_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/sgr_a/) 01 Feb 01 [Sagittarius A East](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/sgr_a/) Supernova remnant Sagittarius A East. [![Photo of ](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/blackholes/blackhole_illustration_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2001/blackholes/) 11 Jan 01 ["Black" Black Holes](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2000/m82bh/m82bh_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/m82bh/) 12 Sep 00 [M82 Black Hole](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/m82bh/) Mid-mass black hole found 600 light years from galaxy center. [![Photo of NGC 3783](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/ngc3783/ngc3783_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/ngc3783/) 25 May 00 [NGC 3783](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/ngc3783/) X-ray spectrum probes black hole environs. [![Photo of M82](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/0094/0094_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/0094/) 14 Jan 00 [M82](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/0094/) The nearest starburst galaxy at a distance of 11 million light years from Earth. [![Photo of M31](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/0007/0007_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/0007/) 14 Jan 00 [M31](https://chandra.si.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.si.edu/photo/2000/0204/0204_xray_115.jpg)](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/0204/) 14 Jan 00 [Galactic Center](https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2000/0204/) (Sagittarius A\*) The innermost 10 light years at the center of our galaxy. 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