Astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray satellite to study four old red dwarf stars. Their observations revealed a low rate of X-ray emission. The discovery has implications for understanding how the magnetic field in our Sun and similar stars are generated.
HITOMI, the most sensitive X-ray satellite was launched earlier this year, by JAXA, the Japanese space agency. About a month later the satellite failed due to a engineering error in its control system. Now JAXA, plans a successor mission that could be launched in 2020.
X-rays emitted from the black hole flicker following a pattern that lasts for a few months and then suddenly ends. The phenomenon is predicted by Einstein’s general relativity and now astronomers were able to measure it in such strong gravitational fields.
One of the main goals of the AHEAD project is to offer the possibility for scientists and PhD students in astronomy to visit major astrophysical institutes and data centers and perform data analysis by accessing data archives and software tools, Read More …
Astronomers observed a binary star system that contains a low-mass star and a black hole. The black hole pulls material from its companion star extremely slowly and therefore emits only a very small amount of X-rays. “It is so quiet that it is practically a stealth black hole”.