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Cygnus X-3It is an X-ray binary system located about 7,400 parsecs (24,136 light years) away in the constellation Cygnus, and analysis of the data indicates that…

The most powerful X-ray pulse ever reported transmitted nearly a terawatt of powerIllustration by Greg Stewart/Photo by Alberto Gamazo/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory The most powerful X-ray…

The Spektr-RG spacecraft carries the eROSITA X-ray telescopehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/dlr_de/48092029201/in/album-72157709154538987/ DLR (CC-BY 3.0) The most extensive X-ray survey of the night sky reveals some of the most extreme…

For two decades, California Institute of Technology professor Paul Beran studied plasma jets and discovered unexpected behavior in “cold” plasma. Initially, he theorized a mechanism for…