Chandra allows scientists from around the world to obtain unprecedented X-ray images of exotic environments to help understand the structure and evolution of the universe. Already surpassing its five-year life, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is rewriting textbooks and helping advance technology. So far it is the worlds most powerful X-ray telescope.

Recently information about the Orion Nebula imply super-flares torched our young solar system. Such X-ray flares likely affected the planet-forming disk around the early sun, and may have enhanced the survival chances of Earth.

Current Research

• Supernova and Supernova Remnants
• Young Stars
• Blackholes in Galaxies

Public software for analysis of data from Chandra's Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer

• Tools for ACIS Review and Analysis
• ACIS Extract

Find Out More

• Penn State ACIS Site
• Official Chandra Site at Harvard University
• NASA's Official Chandra Site
• Marshall Space Flight Center Chandra Site
• Penn State Chandra Images