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Sep 23, 2022
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Science is a cycle of questions, answers, and more questions. There are still many things we need to learn about the X-ray universe. The upcoming X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is a collaboration between @JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and @NASA, with participation from @ESA. 🧵

An artist’s concept of the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a JAXA/NASA collaborative mission with ESA participation, depicting the telescope orbiting in space. Credit: JAXA
XRISM (pronounced “crism”) is the latest in a series of collaborative X-ray missions between Japan and the US, reflecting the global nature of studying the cosmos. Through imaging and spectroscopy, XRISM will boost our understanding of galaxies, black holes, and more.
XRISM will help us explore many cosmic mysteries, including: How are clusters of galaxies formed? What’s happening close to black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs? How does the universe produce and distribute elements?
This illustration shows a black hole pulling material away from a closely orbiting companion star. Some of the hot gas in the disk will fall into the black hole, some of it is instead blasted away from the black hole in a pair of short beams of material, or jets. These jets are pointed in opposite directions, launched from outside the event horizon along magnetic field lines.
We’ll be covering XRISM’s adventures before and after its launch, so keep following us for updates about the newest X-ray observatory! You can also learn more about the mission here: go.nasa.gov/3S9YtpQ
XRISM team members pose with the XRISM Calorimeter Spectrometer Insert in a NASA Goddard clean room. From left to right, they are Bryan James, Mike Sampson, Tomomi Watanabe, Pete Barfknecht, Scott Porter, and Sinclair Douglas. Credit: Larry Gilbert/NASA
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