x-rays

An X-ray glow suggests black holes or neutron stars fuel weird cosmic ‘cows’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 22, 2022
Evidence comes from the fifth — and brightest yet — of a new class of exploding stars

By David Aragorn
Giant radio pulses and X-ray surges are coming from the Crab Nebula 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 28, 2021
The hauntingly beautiful Crab Nebula, located 6,500 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, is releasing an incredible amount of energy.

By David Aragorn
Breathtaking new map of the X-ray Universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 23, 2020
Behold the hot, energetic Universe.

By David Aragorn
Synchrotron X-ray sheds light on some of the world’s oldest dinosaur eggs 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 17, 2020
Dinosaur ‘Easter eggs’ reveal their secrets in 3D thanks to X-rays and high-powered computers

By David Aragorn
Scientists Can Now Peek Inside Mummies in a Whole New Way 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 3, 2018
A revved-up version of traditional CT scanning shows it’s possible to acquire microscopic-scale images of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing previously unseen features such as blood vessels and nerves.

By David Aragorn
X-rays could sterilize alien planets in (otherwise) habitable zones 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
Intense radiation could strip away the ozone layer of Earth-like planets around other stars and render them uninhabitable, according to a new study.

By David Aragorn
Did you Know There are X-rays Coming from Pluto? That’s Strange, What’s Causing it?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 11, 2017
Once held to be the outermost planet of the Solar System, Pluto‘s designation was changed by the International Astronomical Union in 2006, owing to the discovery of many new Kuiper Belt Objects that were comparable in size. In spite of this, Pluto remains a source of fascination and a focal point of much scientific interest. And even after the historic flyby conducted by the New Horizons probe in July of 2015, many mysteries remain.

By David Aragorn
NASA Mystery: Scientists Baffled By Pluto’s Intense X-Ray Emissions –“No Natural Means for Emitting Them”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 14, 2017
Something very odd is going on around Pluto.

By David Aragorn
Black hole caught napping after meal 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 23, 2017
A black hole 11 million light-years away has gone dormant, a decade after being spotted consuming cosmic debris.

By David Aragorn
Deepest X-ray image ever reveals black hole treasure trove 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2017
An unparalleled image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is giving an international team of astronomers the best look yet at the growth of black holes over billions of years beginning soon after the Big Bang.

By David Aragorn