NEW DELHI: In a recent scientific achievement, the XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission), a collaborative effort between Nasa and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has successfully identified the presence of iron in the active galaxy NGC 4151. This discovery was made using the Resolve instrument aboard XRISM, which captured crucial data from the … Read more
TOKYO: Japan’s unmanned Moon lander woke up after surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to Earth, the country’s space agency said Thursday.“We received a response from SLIM last night and confirmed that SLIM had successfully completed its second overnight,” the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said in a post … Read more
NEW DELHI: Japan‘s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) was put to sleep after it miraculously woke up and endured the frigid, two-week lunar night. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that the unmanned SLIM, dubbed the “Moon Sniper” for its precision landing technology, is currently in a dormant state after waking up unexpectedly … Read more
WASHINGTON Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency‘s (JAXA) X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) observatory has released a first look at the unprecedented data it will collect when science operations begin later this year.The XRISM (pronounced “crism”) satellite was launched on September 6, 2023, alongwith SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon), which entered the lunar orbit on … Read more
