To resolve the black hole, they used the Event Horizon Telescope, a global radio telescope array with an effective aperture ...

The cosmic couple Cygnus X-3 intrigues researchers. Located 32,000 light-years away, this system, composed of a compact ...

XRISM’s detailed study of Cygnus X-3, a unique binary system 32,000 light-years away, reveals complex gas dynamics driven by ...

AT 2021hdr is a binary supermassive black hole (BSMBH) system in the center of a galaxy 1 billion light-years away, in the Cygnus constellation. In 2021, researchers observing it using NASA’s Zwicky ...

Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating ...

Cygnus X-3 is also shrouded in gas streaming from its massive star occupant. X-rays from around the suspected black hole ionize this gas envelope, causing the material to emit X-rays itself.

NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential ...

The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases ...

This system hosts a black hole and two stars in an unexpected configuration. Located in the constellation Cygnus, this cosmic trio is dominated by a black hole strongly pulling on a nearby star, while ...

The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases ...