Hitomi, XMM-Newton and Chandra Provide a New Twist in the Dark Matter Tale
An innovative interpretation of X-ray data from a cluster of galaxies could help scientists fulfill a quest they have been on for decades: determining the…
Hitomi Mission News
Hitomi Mission Views the Cosmic “Recipe” of the Perseus Cluster
Astronomers provide new insights into the stellar explosions that formed most of these elements in the Perseus galaxy cluster. Before its brief mission ended unexpectedly…
A Quiet Space in the Core of the Perseus Cluster
Using the Hitomi satellite astronomers find that turbulence in the central region of the Perseus cluster is low, implying that errors in previous measurements of…
Hitomi Mission Discovers a Quiet Space in the Perseus Cluster
The Hitomi X-ray Observatory has discovered something quite serene: calm at the heart of the Perseus cluster. Scientists from the international Hitomi mission reported July…