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Suzaku catches retreat of a black hole's disk
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies of one of the galaxy's most active black-hole binaries reveal a dramatic change that will help scientists better understand how these systems expel fast-moving particle jets.
Suzaku spies treasure trove of intergalactic metal
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Every cook knows the ingredients for making bread: flour, water, yeast, and time. But what chemical elements are in the recipe of our universe?
Suzaku snaps first complete X-ray view of a galaxy cluster
May 28, 2009 |
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The joint Japan-U.S. Suzaku mission is providing new insight into how assemblages of thousands of galaxies pull themselves together. For the first time, Suzaku has detected X-ray-emitting gas at a cluster's ...
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GEMS mission to explore the polarized universe
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 04, 2009 |
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An exciting new astrophysics mission led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will provide a revolutionary window into the universe. Named the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer ...
Swift, Fermi probe fireworks from a flaring gamma-ray star (Video)
Feb 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from a stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away. The high-energy fireworks arise from ...
Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole Awoke from Slumber 300 Years Ago
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Using NASA, Japanese, and European X-ray satellites, a team of Japanese astronomers has discovered that our galaxy’s central black hole let loose a powerful flare three centuries ago.
White dwarf pulses like a pulsar
Jan 02, 2008 |
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New observations from Suzaku, a joint Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA X-ray observatory, have challenged scientists’ conventional understanding of white dwarfs. Observers had believed ...
Suzaku explains cosmic powerhouses
Dec 20, 2007 |
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By working in synergy with a ground-based telescope array, the joint Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/NASA Suzaku X-ray observatory is shedding new light on some of the most energetic objects ...
NASA: major step toward knowing origin of cosmic rays
Oct 09, 2007 |
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Recent observations from NASA and Japanese X-ray observatories have helped clarify one of the long-standing mysteries in astronomy – the origin of cosmic rays.
Astronomers pioneer new method for probing exotic matter
Aug 27, 2007 |
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Using European and Japanese/NASA X-ray satellites, astronomers have seen Einstein’s predicted distortion of space-time around three neutron stars, and in doing so they have pioneered a groundbreaking technique ...
Astronomers unveil new type of active galaxy
Jul 30, 2007 |
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An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite and the Japanese/U.S. Suzaku X-ray observatory has discovered a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN).
Scientists Nudge Closer to the Edge of a Black Hole
Oct 06, 2006 |
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NASA scientists and their international partners using the new Japanese Suzaku satellite have collected a startling new set of black hole observations, revealing details of twisted space and warped time never ...
MIT space cameras take first pictures
Oct 17, 2005 |
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X-ray cameras designed by MIT astrophysicists are a key component of a new instrument aboard an orbiting Japanese observatory that will probe the secrets of such phenomena as exploding stars.
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