If JAXA does unjam its door, Chandra will be an important tool to follow up XRISM's observations. Meanwhile, the ghosts of Suzaku and Hitomi will linger until the next attempt at opening the door.

XRISM, led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) in collaboration with NASA and with contributions from ESA (European Space Agency), is scheduled to launch on an H-IIA rocket from Japan's ...

The XRISM satellite and lunar lander launched from Japan on Thursday morning. JAXA/YouTube The event streamed live on JAXA’s YouTube channel , offering a broadcast in both English and Japanese.

Image: JAXA/NASA/XRISM Xtend; background, DSS. These rays were imaged by XRISM’s Xtend instrument, and overlaid onto images by ground-based telescopes to put the X-ray light in cosmic context.

The XRISM space telescope's X-ray spectrum of supernova remnant N132D. (Image credit: JAXA/NASA/XRISM Resolve and Xtend) "These elements were forged in the original star and then blasted away when ...

XRISM (pronounced “crism”) is led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) in collaboration with NASA, along with contributions from ESA (European Space Agency). It launched on Sept. 6, 2023 .

JAXA and NASA Getting Ready for Launch of XRISM Spacecraft. In a remarkable collaboration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ...

The XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) space telescope, a collaboration between JAXA, NASA, and ESA, has delivered its first extraordinary observations since its launch in 2023. These ...

If JAXA does unjam its door, Chandra will be an important tool to follow up XRISM's observations. Meanwhile, the ghosts of Suzaku and Hitomi will linger until the next attempt at opening the door.

The XRISM satellite and lunar lander launched from Japan on Thursday morning. JAXA/YouTube The event streamed live on JAXA’s YouTube channel , offering a broadcast in both English and Japanese.

XRISM’s second instrument, Xtend, was developed by JAXA. It will give XRISM one of the largest fields of view of any X-ray imaging satellite flown to date, observing an area about 60% larger ...