{"id":79954,"date":"2023-08-21T15:21:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T22:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/x-ray-spacecraft-launching-saturday-aims-to-unravel-the-universes-evolution\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T15:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T22:21:56","slug":"x-ray-spacecraft-launching-saturday-aims-to-unravel-the-universes-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/x-ray-spacecraft-launching-saturday-aims-to-unravel-the-universes-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"X-ray spacecraft launching Saturday aims to unravel the universe\u2019s evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new satellite designed to analyse X-ray light in space is set to launch on August 26.<\/span><\/p>\n

The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (<\/span>XRISM<\/span><\/a> \u2014 pronounced \u201ccrism\u201d<\/span>) brings together Nasa<\/a>, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Together, they aim to resolve mysteries about the formation of the universe and the structure of spacetime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The X-rays released in the cosmos\u2019 most energetic explosions and hottest places can reveal some of these secrets. One particularly powerful example involves galaxy clusters \u2014 the universe\u2019s biggest building blocks. These groups of galaxies are enveloped by a super-hot gas. XRISM will detect X-ray light from this gas, which will be used to measure the mass of these clusters. The results will provide new evidence about the universe\u2019s evolution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As the gas is a remnant of the birth and death of stars, the X-rays will also shine new light on the history of the universe\u2019s chemical elements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The XRISM spacecraft was tested in a thermal vacuum room. Credit: ESA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another key task for XRISM is measuring <\/span>X-ray light from incredibly dense objects, such as supermassive black holes at the centres of some galaxies. These results will provide clues about how objects warp the surrounding spacetime and influence their host galaxies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cX-ray astronomy enables us to study the most energetic phenomena in the Universe,\u201d Matteo Guainazzi, ESA project scientist for XRISM, said in a statement. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt holds the key to answering important questions in modern astrophysics: how the largest structures in the Universe evolve, how the matter we are ultimately composed of was distributed through the cosmos, and how galaxies are shaped by massive black holes at their centres.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

JAXA is leading the mission, while ESA is providing hardware and scientific advice. In return, the European agency will be allocated 8% of XRISM\u2019s available observing time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among ESA\u2019s contributions are <\/span>an optical telescope that will ensure\u00a0 XRISM always knows where it is pointing, and two devices that will sense Earth\u2019s magnetic field and move the spacecraft accordingly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ESA has also worked on XRISM\u2019s Resolve instrument, which will <\/span>measure the temperature and dynamics of X-ray emitting objects, The results will <\/span>enhance assessments of temperatures and motions of hot X-ray emitting gas.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Resolve filter wheel was provided by SRON in the Netherlands<\/span>. Credit: ESA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second main XRISM instrument is <\/span>Xtend, which enables the satellite <\/span>to observe an area around 60% larger than the average size of the full Moon<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

After testing on Earth, the contraptions will soon be off to work in space. <\/span>XRISM is scheduled to launch on a H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan at 02: 34 CEST on Saturday. You can watch the take-off live in English on JAXA\u2019s <\/span>YouTube channel<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new satellite designed to analyse X-ray light in space is set to launch on August 26. The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM \u2014 pronounced \u201ccrism\u201d) brings together Nasa, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Together, they aim to resolve mysteries about the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":79955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2668,2644,410,397],"tags":[2667,2643,409,395],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}