Latest X-rays News
Space Photos of the Week: X-rays, Binary Stars, and Mars Moles
Exploring space seems like it's all fun and games, until something goes wrong. Let's start nearby on Mars, where the InSight lander has gotten into a jam.
Updated: 06/08/2019 10:00A
Dear Chandra: How x-rays became the bright spot in my sky
A theoretical cosmologist reflects on how NASA's flagship x-ray telescope—its first named for a person of color—has inspired her.
Updated: 06/05/2019 10:35A
NICER Maps the X-ray Sky
NASA's NICER instrument aboard the International Space Station is giving us a unique view of much of the X-ray sky.
Updated: 06/04/2019 12:09P
NASA captures stunning photo of the entire sky in X-ray
The NICER detector on the International Space Station recorded 22 months of nighttime X-ray data to create this map of the entire sky. NASA/NICER NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this mosaic of the star-forming Cepheus C and Cepheus B regions. NASA This is an artist's rendering of ancient supernovae that bombarded Earth with cosmic energy millions of years ago. NASA Galaxy NGC 4485 collided with its larger galactic neighbor NGC 4490 millions of years ago, leading to the creation of new stars seen in the right side of the image. ESA/Hubble/NASA Astronomers developed a mosaic of the di...
Updated: 06/03/2019 10:59A
NASA Captures Stunning Photo Of Entire Night Sky In X-Ray
NASA's Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), a payload on the International Space Station (ISS), recently released an image of a map of the ...
Updated: 06/03/2019 05:30A
NASA spots explosion of X-rays glowing in the universe
NASA peers deep into the cosmos at the bright, leftover cinders of exploded stars, called pulsars. Now, the space agency has released a map-like image showing loops and arcs of X-ray energy — invisible to the naked eye — radiating from these dense cores of once massive stars. The most radiant spots are the suspected pulsars, repeatedly blasting X-ray energy into space. These trails of energy, or electromagnetic radiation, reveal the powerful sources of these X-rays. "Even with minimal processing, this image reveals the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant about 90 light-years across and thought...
Updated: 06/01/2019 10:37A
Behold! This Stunning Light Art Is Actually a Sky Filled with X-Rays
NASA's NICER instrument on board the International Space Station tracks X-rays in the sky, creating a stunning image with its data.
Updated: 05/31/2019 06:27A
This X-Ray View of The Night Sky Reveals a Whole New Way of Seeing The Universe
Based on this recently released snapshot of the night sky captured by NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), we can safely assume ...
Updated: 05/31/2019 03:23A
Here's What the Universe Looks Like in X-Rays
In NASA's new treasure map of the universe, X-ray marks the spot.
Updated: 05/31/2019 03:00A
NASA’s NICER Shows Entire Sky in X-Rays in Stunning Arc Image
NASA recently shared an image of the entire sky in X-rays recorded by its Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), and it is a stunning map of bright sweeping arcs. NICER, an International Space Station payload, is required to track cosmic sources whenever the Space Station orbits our planet every 93 minutes, said a NASA press release. However, when the sun sets and it’s nighttime at the Space Station, the NICER team maintains active detectors while the payload slides between targets, which could happen up to eight times each orbit. With the map, NASA could eventually discover ne...
Updated: 05/30/2019 05:02P
