Showing posts with label X-ray observatories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label X-ray observatories. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Einstein Probe explained - astrophysics

The Einstein Probe is a collaboration of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),ESA,and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE),Germany.The EP has nextgen X-ray instruments of high sensitivity and a very wide field of view to detect X-ray blasts from sources such as neutron stars and black holes.

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

India launches XPoSat spacecraft to study black holes and more! - 1January 2024

XPoSat deployment

Details about XPoSat:The satellite will carry out research in space-based polarisation measurements of X-ray emissions from celestial sources,including neutron stars and black holes.It will carry out long-term spectral and temporal studies of cosmic X-ray sources.It was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota,India on 1 January 2024.