"Revolutionary Satellite Unveils Spectacular 'X-ray Rainbow' from Cosmic Giants"
The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is set to launch on August 25, aiming to study massive cosmic phenomena using instruments capable of measuring the heat of a single X-ray photon. Led by JAXA with collaboration from NASA, the mission will provide insights into difficult-to-study areas such as neutron stars and black hole-powered particle jets in active galaxies. XRISM will utilize a spectrometer called Resolve, which can catalog millions of ultra-high-resolution measurements, and a complimentary instrument called Xtend to capture images within a wider field of view than any previous X-ray imaging satellite.