Imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer helps researchers determine shape of black hole’s corona
This illustration of material swirling around a black hole highlights a special feature, called a "corona," that glows brightly under ...
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Study examines unusual behavior of X-ray binary telescope
Light curves of 4U 1820-30 collected by five instruments. Credit: Chou et al, 2024 Astronomers at National Central University in ...
First detection of cross-correlation between cosmic shear and X-ray background improves understanding of baryonic matter
Dark matter halo from a N-body cosmological simulation. Credit: Cosmo0/Wikimedia Commons. A new study in Physical Exam Letters provides the ...
Astronomers study nature of bright, low-mass X-ray binary system
IXPE, NuSTAR and NICER light curves of Serpens X-1. Credit: Ursini et al, 2024 Using various space observatories, astronomers have ...
X-ray irradiation technique helps control carcinogenic poison in corn
Aspergillus species of fungi are known to produce a potent, carcinogenic poison called aflatoxin, which contaminates a quarter of the ...
New light transport model improves X-ray phase contrast imaging
Retrieved X-ray attenuation and Laplacian phase image of a wasp. Credit: University of Houston Researchers at the University of Houston ...
Astronomers examine the behavior of the X-ray pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124
The 0.7-10 keV energy spectrum of Swift J0243.6+6124 obtained from the NICER observation on MJD 58065 (ID 1050390115) near the ...
NASA/JAXA XRISM mission reveals first glimpse of the X-ray cosmos
The remnant of supernova N132D is located in the central part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy located ...
Researchers study the pulsations of the ultra-luminous X-ray pulsar M82 X-2
Rotation history of the M82 X-2 since 2001. Credit: arXiv (2023). DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2312.16770 Using NASA's Chandra spacecraft and ESA's XMM-Newton ...
