The first ever space telescope, the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2), was launched into the low Earth orbit in ...

The final flight of Japan’s H-IIA rocket will carry the GOSAT-GW environmental research satellite to orbit on Saturday, ...

XRISM was built through a collaboration between the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA, with participation from the European Space Agency (ESA), ...

The first observations from the XRISM telescope are changing our understanding of matter around black holes and supernovae by revealing details previously inaccessible. Launched in 2023, XRISM is a ...

XRISM Spectroscopy of the Fe Kα Emission Line in the Seyfert Active Galactic Nucleus NGC 4151 Reveals the Disk, Broad-line Region, and Torus. The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 2024; 973 (1 ...

The first results from JAXA's XRISM X-ray telescope are out, and they reveal new features of the superheated gas around a distant supermassive black hole and a closer supernova.

Learn how the NASA/JAXA X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) will study the 'X-ray Cosmos' in this explainer from the Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

If JAXA does unjam its door, Chandra will be an important tool to follow up XRISM's observations. Meanwhile, the ghosts of Suzaku and Hitomi will linger until the next attempt at opening the door.

JAXA launched the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) in September 2023 and the spacecraft, whose instruments were developed in collaboration with NASA, has started its prime science ...

NEW DELHI: In a recent scientific achievement, the XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission), a collaborative effort between Nasa and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has ...