NASA Dropped New Images of Our Universe That Straight-Up Look Fake

The Chandra X-ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray observatory ever built, has generated over 23 trillion bytes of data since it launched on July 23, 1999. From its highly elliptical orbit around Earth (the observatory makes it one-third of the way to the moon), Chandra has spotted some of the strangest, most charismatic and curious objects in the solar system … and beyond.

By exploring the the hottest regions of our universe with X-ray vision, Chandra is helping scientists unravel some of the most pressing mysteries we face today: How did our universe begin? How will it all end?

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NASA recently released a slew of new images taken by Chandra in partnership with other telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope. Here are the most stunning of the bunch.