13 July 2018
Neutrino discovery helps resolve a century-old riddle
...IceCube directed its corroborators, NASA's orbiting Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging ... However, before that happens the joint neutrino/gamma-ray detection must be thoroughly scrutinised to be nothing short...
20 March 2020
Missing particle a major blow for "Theory of Everything"
...the team poured over data taken by the Chandra X-ray telescope observations of this high energy radiation streaming out from...giant distances, and they also often contain bright X-ray sources. Together these properties enhance the chances that ...
31 March 2016
JAXA Director of ISC Says Hitomi Recovery May Be Possible
... the incident, though JAXA has so far been unable to figure out the state of its health. Hitomi, an x-ray astronomy satellite, was launched on February 17th and was in the middle of a three-month testing and instrument...
31 August 2016
Record-breaking galaxy cluster discovered
... discovery was announced on August 30 th - the discovery of galaxy cluster CL J1001+0220 (CL J1001 for short) by NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory and other telescopes. The cluster is located about 11.1 billion light years from Earth. Researchers may...
28 February 2018
Habitability of nearest exoplanet in doubt after powerful flare
...’s largest flares, when observed at similar wavelengths. It is already known that Proxima Centauri experiences regular, although smaller, X-ray flares and indeed this event was also preceded by a smaller flare. Combined together the two flares...
24 February 2020
First results from InSight reveal a seismically active Mars
... moving down a crater wall over time due to gravity. Data on Mars’ seismic activity coupled with Gamma Ray Spectrometer chemical mapping has helped another team headed by P. Lognonné and colleagues to paint a picture of what the...
