X-ray echoes reveal 3D structure of molecular clouds in our galaxy's center
Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...
Two NASA astronauts are currently outside the ISS, repairing an X-ray telescope
Two NASA astronauts are currently hard at work in space, patching up an instrument called NICER (Neutron star Interior ...
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Astronomers Found Strange, Accelerating X-Ray Pulses Coming From a Black Hole. They Might Be a Sign of an Orbiting White Dwarf
A supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy is once again surprising scientists. In 2018, a black hole called 1ES 1927+654, ...
Mysterious flashing seen near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have an idea what it is
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...
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Frothy silver foam and fusion-grade lasers create world's brightest X-ray
A frothy breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), using lasers with a silver metal foam that's as light as air, has created the brightest yet X-ray source ever, twice as ...
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Mysterious x-ray flashes are accelerating in a black hole
Astronomers detected X-ray flashes from the black hole that increased in frequency from one every 18 minutes to one every seven minutes.
You have X-ray vision if you can spot all three differences in under 9 seconds
Find out whether you've got super X-ray vision with crazily hard spot the difference that will have you racing against the ...
Watch 2 NASA astronauts repair X-ray telescope on ISS during a spacewalk today
NASA's Nick Hague and Suni Williams will service the X-ray telescope attached to the ISS during a 6.5-hour-long spacewalk today (Jan. 16). Watch it live.
Stars Being Scouted For Ideal Habitable Zone Conditions By Chandra X-ray Telescope
The Chandra X-ray telescope and other observatories are being used to study stars that could potentially harbor habitable ...
X-ray flashes from a nearby supermassive black hole accelerate mysteriously
Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive black hole at a steadily increasing clip. The source could be the core of a dead star that's teetering at the black hole's edge.
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X-ray drone technology and digital twin to detect sub-surface defects within turbine blades
TNO, together with partners, is starting a project to detect defects inside wind turbine blades using X-ray inspection by ...