- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 10th, 2015
Cosmic Bull's-Eye Is Actually an Erupting Black Hole
The black hole is located 8,000 light-years away from Earth
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 9th, 2015
Researchers Produce X-Rays View of the Sun
The image shows which regions on the Sun are most active
- Sci Pry
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 3rd, 2015
Firing X-Rays at Meat Could Make for Tastier, More Tender Steaks
Technology is here to bring us the best steaks ever
- History
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 21st, 2015
X-Rays Used to Read Scrolls Buried in Volcanic Eruption 2,000 Years Ago
These scrolls and hundreds of others were carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted back in AD 79, researchers explain
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 20th, 2014
How MAXI Is Boosting Our Understanding of the Universe
The instrument is installed aboard the International Space Station
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 28th, 2013
Massive Athena+ X-ray Telescope Gets Greenlit at ESA
This will be the future flagship mission for high-energy astronomy
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 25th, 2013
3D Protein Models Created via X-ray Lasers for the First Time
A very powerful light source is needed to apply this technology
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 22nd, 2013
NASA Study Challenges Current Understanding of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Video
A new radiation burst was recently produced by a dying star
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 18th, 2013
Massive Amounts of Radiations Found in Nearby Cosmic Cluster
New observations were recently conducted with an ESA telescope
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 7th, 2013
Chandra Captures Amazing Image of Unusual Supernova Remnant
The object is surrounded by hazy clouds of hydrogen in this photo
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 2nd, 2013
ESA Could Launch Massive X-Ray Telescope by 2028
The European space agency is alone in this endeavor
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 21st, 2013
X-Rays Can Now Be Used to Pin Down Gold Hidden in Ore Samples
Scientists say this method is both faster and more accurate than traditional ones
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 21st, 2012
Extensible X-Ray Telescope Reaches 100th Day in Space
The NuSTAR mission studies extreme events in the Universe
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 7th, 2012
Chest X-Rays May Favor Breast Cancer in Some Women
Those with a specific type of genetic error are especially at risk
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 3rd, 2012
Rare Quasi-Periodic Oscillation Detected Around Black Hole
This is only the second instance of such an event ever discovered
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 31st, 2012
NuSTAR Telescope Will Begin Its Science Mission Soon
The observatory finished its testing and commissioning phases
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 31st, 2012
Supernova Remnant Found Containing Young Pulsar
The object is releasing significant amounts of X-rays