The system, Cygnus X-3, was discovered in the early 1970s when radio telescopes spotted powerful jets radiating out from it ...

Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating ...

named Cygnus X-3. Cygnus X-3 is located around 32,000 light-years away in the direction of the northern constellation Cygnus, the Swan. "For XRISM [pronounced "crism"], Cygnus X-3 is a Goldilocks ...

An illustration of the black hole binary system Cygnus X-3 compact object likely a black hole and a hot Wolf-Rayet star. | Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Using the Japanese-led X-ray ...

The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases ...

The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases ...

XRISM’s Resolve instrument has captured the most detailed X-ray spectrum yet acquired of Cygnus X-3. Peaks indicate X-rays emitted by ionized gases, and valleys form where the gases absorb X ...

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 ...

observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases flowing within Cygnus X-3, one of the most studied sources in the X-ray sky.