Author: Jeanette Kazmierczak

  • NASA, JAXA XRISM Satellite X-rays Milky Way’s Sulfur

    NASA, JAXA XRISM Satellite X-rays Milky Way’s Sulfur

    An international team of scientists have provided an unprecedented tally of elemental sulfur spread between the stars using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft. Astronomers used X-rays from two binary star systems to detect sulfur…

  • NASA’s NICER Maps Debris From Recurring Cosmic Crashes

    NASA’s NICER Maps Debris From Recurring Cosmic Crashes

    Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and other missions.…

  • Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station

    Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station

    NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, along with astronaut Suni Williams, will also…

  • NASA’s Mini BurstCube Mission Detects Mega Blast

    NASA’s Mini BurstCube Mission Detects Mega Blast

    Editor’s note: BurstCube re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on Sept. 16, 2024, marking the end of the mission. The shoebox-sized BurstCube satellite has observed its first gamma-ray burst, the most powerful kind of explosion in the universe, according to a recent analysis…

  • Repair Kit for NASA’s NICER Mission Heading to Space Station

    Repair Kit for NASA’s NICER Mission Heading to Space Station

    Editor’s note: NG CRS-21 launched Aug. 4 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft was installed to the International Space Station Aug. 6. NASA will deliver a patch kit for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an…

  • Astronauts To Patch Up NASA’s NICER Telescope

    Astronauts To Patch Up NASA’s NICER Telescope

    NASA is planning to repair NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, during a spacewalk later this year. It will be the fourth science observatory in orbit serviced by astronauts. In May 2023,…

  • NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts

    NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts

    Editor’s note, April 18, 2024: BurstCube deployed into orbit from the space station April 18, 2024. It will begin a one-month commissioning period before the start of science operations. NASA’s BurstCube, a shoebox-sized satellite designed to study the universe’s most…