Our friends JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have turned EarthCARE's cloud radar data into sound! ☁️🎶 The stronger the radar reflectivity, the louder and higher-pitched the sound To give the sonification a Japanese feel, they used the Koto and the Japanese pentatonic scale 👉satnavi.jaxa.jp/en/news/2024/0…

Work to open and analyse the sample of asteroid Bennu from NASA is progressing smoothly at ASRG! This is what the samples looked like when they first arrived. Everyone is keen to see the asteroid grains for the first time and only reluctantly stopped looking & started working! 👀

From #Chandra25 to JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)’s XRISM’s first year in space, 2024 has been a big year in X-ray astronomy. As we celebrate these milestones, it seems like a good time to dig into a little history and talk about the telescopes that help us explore the high-energy universe. 🧵

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Sixty years ago, a sounding rocket unexpectedly observed Scorpius X-1, the first cosmic X-ray source detected beyond the Sun, and kickstarted the field of X-ray astronomy. Since then we’ve launched numerous X-ray telescopes.

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) In 1970, NASA launched its first Earth-orbiting satellite entirely devoted to the study of cosmic X-ray sources. Marjorie Townsend, conducting preflight checks with Bruno Rossi in this image, named the satellite Uhuru, which means "freedom" in Swahili.

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) NASA Launched in 1978, the Einstein Observatory changed our view of the X-ray sky as the first space telescope capable of creating images of cosmic X-ray sources. This telescope advanced our understanding of supermassive black holes, supernovae, dark matter, and more.

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) NASA Our Chandra Observatory telescope just turned 25! Since 1999, Chandra has been studying the X-ray universe as part of NASA’s Great Observatories program. In honor of this milestone, the mission released 25 never-before-seen views: nasa.gov/missions/chand… #Chandra25

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) NASA Chandra Observatory Our Swift observatory doesn’t just study X-rays. It also collects gamma rays, ultraviolet, and optical light. Swift is a powerful, multiwavelength observatory whose quick response to new events has helped solve cosmic mysteries since its launch in 2004: tmblr.co/Zz_UqjYEooXWmq…

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) NASA Chandra Observatory Launched in 2012, NuSTAR is the first space telescope able to focus high-energy X-rays. NuSTAR deployed a unique 10-meter-long mast shortly after launch — the perfect distance between its reflective optics and its detectors to focus X-rays. More: nustar.caltech.edu

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) NASA Chandra Observatory Our NICER telescope aboard the International Space Station helps us study neutron stars, the collapsed cores of massive stars that exploded as supernovae. Since 2017, NICER has regularly surprised us with new information about these bizarre objects: tmblr.co/Zz_Uqj2mlOZ3j

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) NASA Chandra Observatory International Space Station Joining the team in 2021, IXPE is the first telescope dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays. This property tells us about the way light waves wiggle and helps reveal things that are otherwise invisible to us. Meet IXPE: tmblr.co/Zz_UqjbD3uZRiu…

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) NASA Chandra Observatory International Space Station Our newest pair of X-ray eyes, JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)’s XRISM, launched in Sept. 2023 to investigate the universe using imaging and high-resolution spectroscopy. Stay tuned for a celebration of its first anniversary, and learn more about XRISM: science.nasa.gov/mission/xrism

On Aug. 29, 2024, following seven #CubeSats were successfully deployed from "Kibo": CosmoGirl-Sat SaganSat0 SAKURA Wisseed Sat Binar-2, Binar-3, Binar-4 🛰⌒◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ Bon Voyage👋 #JSSOD #SatellitesDeployment humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/biz-lab/new…

The #ESA & #JAXA Mercury exploration mission, BepiColombo, will arrive at Mercury a year later than planned due to a reduction in ion engine power. But there will be no disruption to the planned observations 🔭 Next Mercury swing-by will be September 5! 🔗 isas.jaxa.jp/en/topics/0038…

[DART] On September 26, 2022, the DART spacecraft 🛰️ successfully collided with the asteroid Dimorphos 🪨💥 using autonomous navigation with its onboard camera 📸! The asteroid　was clearly seen just before the collision👀. youtube.com/watch?v=N-OvnV…

[Development] The Hera spacecraft 🛰️ finally departed from the ESTEC assembly facility, heading to the launch site at the KSC ✨.

During its recent flyby of Earth, #ESAJuice travelled through the dangerous belts of charged particles that surround our planet. This is what it felt 👉esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

[Latest Video] 「Asian Try Zero-G 2023 Highlights」 has been released. #JAXA #STEM #KiboUtilizatio #SpaceExperiment #ATZG youtu.be/hbqt1PTvbAQ

[PD] What is Planetary Defense (PD)? Isn’t it something from a movie ☄️?? In the JAXA Sagamihara Campus Online Special Open House 2022 📺, Dr. Yoshikawa, a leading expert in Japan’s PD activities, provides a detailed explanation of PD ✨. youtube.com/watch?v=gFPh4-…

This photo was captured by BepiColombo's MTM during the fourth Mercury swing-by! 🤩 Mercury's south pole and craters that are in permanent shadow are at the top of the image 📸 Could there be ice there?! We'll be doing a lot of research with Bepi once we arrive!