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