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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After the Orb-3 mishap on 28 October 2014, Orbital Sciences and ATK – another NASA stalwart – merged to create Orbital ATK. Subsequent Cygnus flights OA-4 through OA-8E all flew as part of ...

With a reduced weight thanks to the air-cooling system, the 2012 Yamaha Cygnus X is extremely maneuverable and will provide a ton of fun squeezing past stuck traffic and smoothly darting ahead to ...