The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases flowing within Cygnus X-3, one of the most studied sources in the X-ray sky. Cygnus X-3 is a binary that pairs a rare type of high-mass star with a compact companion — likely a black hole. “The […]
Category:
Black Holes, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research, Goddard Space Flight Center, Stars, Stellar-mass Black Holes, The Universe, X-ray Binaries, XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission)
Posted on
November 25, 2024
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
186
136
1
100
14
6
3
1
1
7
3
2
1
16
7
10
10
1
18
386
10
34
361
1
21
69
6
1
1
3
1
403
11
1
58
1
2
34
3
3
2
29
4
1
1
1
21
38
2
1
7
6
278
232
5
1
62
133
1
1
10
1
1
33
12
13
17
22
10
170
1
4
5
11
112
3
3
1
27
10
18
19
9
112
67
36
54
11
4
14
1
1
26
2
15
385
41
48
13
221
4
19
35
6
657
8
7
18
1
6
1
6
1
6
1
1
17
2
3
40
17
13
1
370
3
46
10
1
1
107
1
11
3
159
151
29
202
3
105
11
2
2
6
299
208
3
14
1
1
30
46
54
46
1
1
3
2
1
1
10
17
2
11
2
45
14
5
3
1
30
95
4
13
113
2
141
47
1
2
1
2
4
14
2
45
3
1
19
3
Blog Posts
APOD: 2026 September 20 – Analemma over the Callanish Stones
September 20, 2026
APOD: 2026 September 19 – A Zodiacal Night
September 19, 2026
NASA Invites Media to Albania Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
September 18, 2026