Tag Archive for 'Suzaku'

Our Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by an enormous halo of plasma (seen in blue in this artists’ rendition). Image credit: NASA / CXC / M.Weiss / Ohio State / A. Gupta et al.

Milky Way’s Halo Hotter than Previously Thought

Jun 2, 2020 by News Staff

Using deep X-ray observations from ESA’s XMM-Newton Observatory, astronomers have discovered that Milky Way’s halo — a large cloud of ionized...

This image shows an artistic representation of an active supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy. Image credit: ESA / ATG medialab.

Astronomers See Supermassive Black Hole in Action

Mar 30, 2015 by News Staff

A team of astronomers, led by Dr Francesco Tombesi of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland, has observed two related phenomena...

This composite image shows the Tycho supernova remnant. Image credit: X-ray – NASA / CXC / Rutgers / K. Eriksen et al.; optical: DSS.

Astronomers Shed More Light on Tycho’s Supernova Remnant

Nov 26, 2013 by News Staff

New observations of the famous Tycho’s supernova remnant by the Suzaku X-ray astronomy satellite have revealed that a reverse shock wave racing inward...

Enormous Halo of Hot Gas Found Surrounding Milky Way Galaxy

Sep 25, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

New observations made with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton, and Japan’s Suzaku have provided evidence that our Galaxy...

X-Ray Secrets of V1647 Ori Revealed

Jul 4, 2012 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers combining data from the Japan-led Suzaku satellite, the ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory...