The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

Astronomers used the XRISM mission to separate signals and analyze the extreme gravitational forces at work in active ...

A supermassive black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 just delivered an X-ray surprise that astronomers have never watched ...

As it faded, powerful winds emerged, blasting material into space at approximately 60,000 km per second, about one-fifth the ...

A joint NASA-JAXA mission has revealed rare elements in a supernova. XRISM detected life-essential elements in Cassiopeia A. These discoveries shed new light on how stars create cosmic chemistry.

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) ...

Using the joint Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), European Space Agency (ESA), and NASA X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), scientists uncovered a dense but surprisingly slow wind ...

The recent findings from theXRISM spacecraft—launched by JAXA in collaboration with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA)—highlight the mission’s ability to detect and distinguish between different ...

"For XRISM, Cygnus X-3 is a Goldilocks target." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and ...

XRISM, a collaborative mission between JAXA, NASA, and ESA, utilizes cutting-edge spectroscopic instruments, including the Resolve microcalorimeter, offering unprecedented spectral resolution in X-ray ...

Data from an international space mission is confirming decades worth of speculation about the galactic neighborhoods of supermassive black holes. Some of the first data from an international space ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...