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Ilustration of the Hitomi x-ray astronomy satellite, launched by JAXA Feb. 17 with instruments from NASA and other space agencies. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita WASHINGTON — The Japan Aerospace ...

Ilustration of the Hitomi x-ray astronomy satellite, launched by JAXA Feb. 17 with instruments from NASA and other space agencies. Credit: JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita WASHINGTON — NASA and the Japan ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On February 17th, a new X-ray satellite ...

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