The vehicles for this space get-away are NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope. Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest "super" star cluster to Earth. New data from NASA ...

The teams behind two potential new space telescopes have embarked on their final design studies as they go head-to-head to ...

Pulsars are the highly-luminous remnants of massive stars that exploded in a supernova. A pulsar can be a million times brighter or more luminous than our sun. Check out these 7 stunning pulsar images ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. See 25 'never-before-seen' images from the observatory to mark the anniversary. Credit: NASA/CXC/A.

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is pleased to present a collection of 9 models that were created using images generated by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The launch of this collection ...

One such telescope is the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Well, for most of you, the instant question upon hearing its name is: ...

NASA telescope spotted a glowing nebula that looks like a guitar shredding rapid pulses of stellar material through space ...

Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a "flame-throwing guitar" has now been spotted ...

New images of the massive structure is helping astronomers identify the tune being played by the celestial guitar.

New images show the rapidly rotating pulsar of the "Guitar Nebula" shooting out a gigantic cosmic plume of plasma, X-rays and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory captured a pulsar in the Guitar Nebula living out its rock star ...