Scientists using the XRISM satellite have uncovered a major clue to one of astronomy’s longstanding mysteries: why galaxy ...

Supermassive black holes are unleashing high-energy outbursts that behave more like bullets than breezes, according to a new ...

However, black holes might not just be destructive; they could also be creative. Scientists have just observed a superstorm ...

The launch had already been rescheduled twice due to bad weather. The XRISM satellite (pronounced “crism”), also called the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, is a joint mission between ...

For a supermassive black hole to turn into a quasar, something must bring material for it to feed on near to it. This is ...

The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a collaboration between NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) with assistance from the European Space Agency (ESA), will ...

Data from an international space mission is confirming decades worth of speculation about the galactic neighborhoods of supermassive black holes. Some of the first data from an international space ...

UPDATE: XRISM will now launch WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, at 7:42 P.M. EDT (23:42 UTC). The August 28 launch was scrubbed due to inclement weather. All dates and times in the article have been updated ...

Astronomers are excited to glean new insights into the formation of the universe and dark matter with the help of a space telescope called the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a ...

JAXA’s XRISM X-ray telescope captured the distribution of matter falling into the supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 4151 over a wide radius, spanning from 0.001 to 0.1 light-years. By ...