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'Hidden black hole' devouring curious star exposed by new X-ray space telescope
Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating ...
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Scientists Reveal The Shape of a Black Hole's Corona For The Very First Time
If you were lucky enough to observe a total eclipse, you are certain to remember the halo of brilliant light around the Moon ...
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Why is mystery object Cygnus X-3 so bright? Astronomers may now have the answer
The system, Cygnus X-3, was discovered in the early 1970s when radio telescopes spotted powerful jets radiating out from it ...
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NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar System
The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases ...
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XRISM mission looks deeply into 'hidden' stellar system
Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass binary consisting of a compact object (likely a black hole) and a hot Wolf-Rayet star. This artist's concept shows one interpretation of the system. High-resolution X-ray ...
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Findings from IXPE Data Reveal Key Insights on Corona Around Black Holes
This research has only studied 12 black holes, among them Cygnus X-1 and Cygnus X-3, stellar-mass binary black hole systems about 7,000 and 37,000 light-years from Earth, respectively ...