# Chandra X-ray Observatory

A 3D model from NASA/Brian E. Kumanchik, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/chandra-x-ray-observatory/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/Brian E. Kumanchik
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/chandra-x-ray-observatory/Chandra%20X-ray%20Observatory.glb](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/chandra-x-ray-observatory/Chandra%20X-ray%20Observatory.glb)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

Launched on July 23, 1999, it is the largest and most sophisticated X-ray observatory to date. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is a telescope specially designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes.