SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviews All Posts Tagged X-rays Oh, the huge manatee: A natural particle accelerator quadrillions of kilometers long The Manatee Nebula is shooting out hugely energetic subatomic particles. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago Monster black hole spinning at only — 'only' — 60% the speed of light Spin rate of supermassive black hole found to be less than that of lower mass ones. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago Scattered X-rays from space: Turning noise into signal NuSTAR sees X-rays from astronomical objects it's not pointed at, so, bonus. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago X-ray signals from pulsars could soon guide autonomous spacecraft through the void Pulsars spew out serious X-rays as they spin at breakneck speeds. By Elizabeth Rayne | 10 months ago X-rays glow from blast waves as colliding neutron stars create a kilonova I love every word in that headline. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago X-rays probe food at a molecular level to make future snacks even more tasty We want Brussels sprouts that taste like chocolate, please and thank you. By Cassidy Ward | 1 year ago Warped black hole is totally gnarly, and so is what messed it up An X-ray transient that was one of the brightest such objects ever observed came out of a warped black hole. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago Incredible image: Gorgeous magnetic chaos in the galactic center By Phil Plait | 1 year ago A huge cloud of expanding supernova debris was found hidden in plain sight By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Are neutron stars blasting out dark matter? By Phil Plait | 2 years ago Load More
Oh, the huge manatee: A natural particle accelerator quadrillions of kilometers long The Manatee Nebula is shooting out hugely energetic subatomic particles. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago
Monster black hole spinning at only — 'only' — 60% the speed of light Spin rate of supermassive black hole found to be less than that of lower mass ones. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago
Scattered X-rays from space: Turning noise into signal NuSTAR sees X-rays from astronomical objects it's not pointed at, so, bonus. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago
X-ray signals from pulsars could soon guide autonomous spacecraft through the void Pulsars spew out serious X-rays as they spin at breakneck speeds. By Elizabeth Rayne | 10 months ago
X-rays glow from blast waves as colliding neutron stars create a kilonova I love every word in that headline. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
X-rays probe food at a molecular level to make future snacks even more tasty We want Brussels sprouts that taste like chocolate, please and thank you. By Cassidy Ward | 1 year ago
Warped black hole is totally gnarly, and so is what messed it up An X-ray transient that was one of the brightest such objects ever observed came out of a warped black hole. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago
A huge cloud of expanding supernova debris was found hidden in plain sight By Phil Plait | 1 year ago