• Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 10th, 2015
Cosmic Bull's-Eye Is Actually an Erupting Black Hole

Cosmic Bull's-Eye Is Actually an Erupting Black Hole

The black hole is located 8,000 light-years away from Earth

Researchers Produce X-Rays View of the Sun

Researchers Produce X-Rays View of the Sun

The image shows which regions on the Sun are most active

Firing X-Rays at Meat Could Make for Tastier, More Tender Steaks

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

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

How MAXI Is Boosting Our Understanding of the Universe

The instrument is installed aboard the International Space Station

Massive Athena+ X-ray Telescope Gets Greenlit at ESA

Massive Athena+ X-ray Telescope Gets Greenlit at ESA

This will be the future flagship mission for high-energy astronomy

3D Protein Models Created via X-ray Lasers for the First Time

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

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

Massive Amounts of Radiations Found in Nearby Cosmic Cluster

New observations were recently conducted with an ESA telescope

Chandra Captures Amazing Image of Unusual Supernova Remnant

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

ESA Could Launch Massive X-Ray Telescope by 2028

The European space agency is alone in this endeavor

X-Rays Can Now Be Used to Pin Down Gold Hidden in Ore Samples

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

Extensible X-Ray Telescope Reaches 100th Day in Space

The NuSTAR mission studies extreme events in the Universe

Chest X-Rays May Favor Breast Cancer in Some Women

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

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

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

Supernova Remnant Found Containing Young Pulsar

The object is releasing significant amounts of X-rays

 
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