/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Chandra%20X-ray%20Observatory/rss en /channels/channels/news/chandra-finds-stellar-duos-banished-galaxies-297461 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Astronomers use the term "binary" system to refer to pairs of stars orbiting around each other. These stellar pairs can consist of combinations of stars like our Sun, or more exotic and denser varieties such as neutron stars or even black holes.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/feature-nasa-xjin-copyright.png?itok=IzxiCArB" width="160" height="122" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 May 2019 15:43:38 +0000 webfull 149596 at /channels /channels/channels/news/neutron-star-merger-yields-new-puzzle-astrophysicists-283948 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The afterglow from the distant neutron-star merger <a href="//mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/latest-gravitational-wave-detection-opens-new-era-astronomy-278031">detected last August</a> has continued to brighten – much to the surprise of astrophysicists studying the aftermath of the massive collision that took place about 138 million light years away and sent gravitational waves rippling through the universe.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/haggard-image.jpg?itok=5oFyCutT" width="160" height="71" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:22:44 +0000 webfull 134199 at /channels