For 25 years, Chandra Observatory has given us the x-ray vision to see galaxies and star clusters form, peer into black holes, and study worlds beyond our solar system. Celebrating the anniversary of its launch, check out 25 all-new views from Chandra: go.nasa.gov/46e7CWx

NASA Rhythmic gymnastics! NASA Webb Telescope, Hubble, and @ChandraXray (which turns 25 this week!) teamed up to study the remnant of supernova SN 1987A, revealing a glowing hoop and swirling ribbons of material expanding from the site of this famous cosmic event. #Olympics

While athletes worldwide compete in the #Paris2024 #Olympics to earn medals for being the best of the best, we are celebrating our own medal. Chandra Observatory has earned the silver for 25 years of exploring our NASA Universe! 🥈 Learn more about Chandra: go.nasa.gov/4d9QS56

Space fans, meet Deadheads. 💫💀 Or perhaps you've already met! While Dead & Company performs at the Sphere in Las Vegas, images from Chandra light up the largest screen in the world. Chandra science just keeps truckin’ on! More: s.si.edu/3WIiicI #Chandra25 #CosmicJourney

Telescope teamwork ✅ Hubble and NASA Webb Telescope captured the galaxies in this image, while @ChandraXRay detected the superheated gas that these galaxies are immersed in, seen in purple. Called MACS J0416, this cluster of galaxies is held together by gravity: go.nasa.gov/4dmwspq

Nicknamed the "Cosmic Cliffs," this region of space is located about 7,600 light-years from Earth in the Carina Nebula. This image combines X-ray light from Chandra with infrared light from NASA Webb Telescope, showing us a blazing landscape of star formation roughly 52 light-years across.

Roughly 1.7 light-years across, planetary nebula Hb 5 is located about 5,500 light-years from Earth. This multiwavelength image shows X-rays from Chandra in blue and white, optical light from Hubble in red, purple, and blue, and radio light from ALMA Observatory📡 in yellow and white.

🤺 🏇 🏄 🏋️ 🚴 🤸 🤽 We are in awe at what these #Olympic athletes can do, and we are also in awe of what the NASA Universe has to offer. See what Olympians and objects in space have in common by checking out Chandra Observatory's AstrOlympics project >> chandra.si.edu/olympics/summe…

NGC 1850 is a bright, double star cluster located about 160,000 light-years from Earth. Delicate threads of gas (blue), created by previous supernova explosions, are interwoven amongst the stars. This image spans approximately 84 light-years from side to side.

25 years ago today, a pyrotechnic charge equivalent to an M-80 firecracker exploded, sending a chisel through a bolt and a powerful spring swung open the 120-pound 9-foot diameter door protecting Chandra's delicate mirrors. Cosmic X-rays shined on the mirrors for the first time!

Black hole snack time! A supermassive black hole is occasionally snacking on a star about 860 million light-years from Earth. Scientists correctly predicted when the black hole finished its last meal and have even calculated its future snack schedule! s.si.edu/bhsnacks

Rho Ophiuchi is a region filled with nebulas, gas, and stars of many sizes & ages. One of the closest star-forming regions to Earth — roughly 390 light-years away — it's a great place to study young stars. This image from Chandra and NASA Webb Telescope is about 0.7 light-years across.

25 years ago today, Chandra released its "First Light" image of Cassiopeia A — the incredible remains of an exploded star about 11,000 light-years from Earth. Over the last quarter century, Chandra has observed this famous supernova remnant for more than 277 hours! 🎉#Chandra25

A symphony of space! 🎵 This sonification of the galaxy NGC 6872 translates data from Chandra Observatory and Hubble into music. Volume is mapped to brightness, and the pitch is related to the distance from the center; the farther away, the higher the pitch: go.nasa.gov/3XbBU8a

This year, dedicated teams of engineers, designers, test technicians, and analysts at #NASAMarshall are celebrating 25 years of the Chandra Observatory and the incredible data it has provided us. Check out some of its most memorable moments >> nasa.tumblr.com/post/760791875… #Chandra25

Located about 54 million light-years from Earth, this system contains a pair of merging galaxies in the Virgo Cluster commonly referred to as 'The Eyes'. X-rays emitted by multimillion-degree gas in the region are detected by Chandra (purple).