XRISM

XRISM’s Resolve instrument captured data from supernova remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud to create the most detailed X-ray spectrum of the object ever made. The spectrum reveals peaks associated with silicon, sulfur, argon, calcium, and iron. Inset at right is an image of N132D captured by XRISM’s Xtend instrument.Credit: JAXA/NASA/XRISM Resolve and Xtend || Resolve_N132D_Spectrum.jpg (3840x2395) [1.0 MB] || Resolve_N132D_Spectrum_searchweb.png (320x180) [45.7 KB] || Resolve_N132D_Spectrum_thm.png (80x40) [4.7 KB] ||

Explore the temperatures of the cosmos, from absolute zero to the hottest temperatures yet achieved, with this infographic. Targets for the XRISM mission include supernova remnants, binary systems with stellar-mass black holes, galaxies powered by supermassive black holes, and vast clusters of galaxies.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott WiessingerMachine-readable PDF copy || Cosmic_Temperatures_Infographic_Final_small.jpg (1383x2048) [1.3 MB] || Cosmic_Temperatures_Infographic_Final_Full.png (5530x8192) [60.5 MB] || Cosmic_Temperatures_Infographic_Final_Full.jpg (5530x8192) [10.3 MB] || Cosmic_Temperatures_Infographic_Final_8bit.png (5530x8192) [24.5 MB] || Cosmic_Temperatures_Infographic_Final_Half.png (2765x4096) [7.0 MB] || Cosmic_Temperatures_Infographic_Final_Half.jpg (2765x4096) [4.7 MB] ||

The XRISM spacecraft during acoustic testing at JAXA's Tsukuba Space Center in December 2022. These and other tests confirm that the spacecraft can withstand the severe vibrations and sounds of its rocket launch.Credit: JAXA || XRISM_Acoustic_12_23_22.jpg (2832x4240) [6.9 MB] ||

XRISM turntable animations, available both as 4K/30 and 60 fps movies and as frames. The exposed tank behind the truss structure on the side opposite the solar panels houses the Resolve instrument.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab || XRISM_360_4k_30fps_4444ProRes.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [56.9 KB] || XRISM_360_4k_30fps_4444ProRes.00001_searchweb.png (180x320) [21.2 KB] || XRISM_360_4k_30fps_4444ProRes.00001_thm.png (80x40) [2.3 KB] || XRISM_360_4k_30fps_h264.mov (1920x1080) [25.3 MB] || XRISM_360_4k_60fps_h264.mov (1920x1080) [112.2 MB] || XRISM_360_4k_30fps (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || XRISM_360_4k_60fps (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || XRISM_360_4k_30fps_4444ProRes.webm [0 bytes] || XRISM_360_4k_30fps_h264.mp4 (3840x2160) [24.7 MB] || XRISM_360_4k_60fps_h264.mp4 (3840x2160) [73.8 MB] || XRISM_360_4k_30fps_4444ProRes.mov (3840x2160) [1.7 GB] || XRISM_360_4k_60fps_4444ProRes.mov (3840x2160) [10.0 GB] ||

This animation illustrates how the microcalorimeter array at the heart of XRISM's revolutionary Resolve soft X-ray spectrometer works. X-ray light collected by a telescope strikes the detector. Each photon heats the material by an amount directly proportional to its energy. The instrument, which is cooled to 50 millikelvins, just above absolute zero, detects this minute temperature change.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center || XRISM_Calorimeter-STILL_print.jpg (1024x576) [64.0 KB] || XRISM_Calorimeter-STILL.jpg (3840x2160) [716.3 KB] || XRISM_Calorimeter-STILL_searchweb.png (320x180) [55.3 KB] || XRISM_Calorimeter-STILL_thm.png (80x40) [5.5 KB] || XRISM_Calorimeter-STILL_web.png (320x180) [55.3 KB] || XRISM_Calorimeter-STILL.tiff (3840x2160) [63.3 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_60p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || XRISM_Calorimeter_Simple-H264_Good_3840x2160_2997.mov (3840x2160) [27.1 MB] || XRISM_Calorimeter_Simple_ProRes_3840x2160_60.webm (3840x2160) [4.9 MB] || XRISM_Calorimeter_Simple-H264_Best_3840x2160_5994.mov (3840x2160) [448.6 MB] || XRISM_Calorimeter_Simple_ProRes_3840x2160_60.mov (3840x2160) [1.8 GB] ||

Visualization of the BP Crucis system showing the pulsar near closest approach to its companion, a blue hypergiant 40 times the Sun’s mass. Twice each orbit, the pulsar passes throuh a dense stream of plasma flowing from the companion, flaring up in X-rays as it does. In this sequence, the pulsar approaches, enters, and exits the stream. || XRISM_IM_SHOT_01_alt_30fps_4k_h264.00012_print.jpg (1024x576) [84.0 KB] || XRISM_IM_SHOT_01_alt_30fps_4k_h264.00012_searchweb.png (320x180) [62.1 KB] || XRISM_IM_SHOT_01_alt_30fps_4k_h264.00012_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || XRISM_IM_SHOT_01_alt_30fps_1080p_proRes.mov (1920x1080) [352.2 MB] || XRISM_IM_SHOT_01_alt_30fps_4k_h264.mp4 (3840x2160) [26.2 MB] || XRISM_IM_SHOT_01_alt_30fps_4k_proRes.webm (3840x2160) [5.9 MB] || XRISM_IM_SHOT_01_alt_30fps_4k_proRes.mov (3840x2160) [1.3 GB] ||

XRISM team members pose with the XRISM Calorimeter Spectrometer Insert in a NASA Goddard clean room. From left to right, they are Bryan James, Mike Sampson, Tomomi Watanabe, Pete Barfknecht, Scott Porter, and Sinclair Douglas.Credit: Larry Gilbert/NASA || GSFC_20191101__2020-2568_07.jpg (3000x1995) [3.6 MB] || GSFC_20191101__2020-2568_07_searchweb.png (320x180) [111.9 KB] || GSFC_20191101__2020-2568_07_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] ||

XRISM team member Yang Soong, a researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park, displays completed mirror elements for an X-ray Mirror Assembly developed for the JAXA/NASA mission. Credit: Taylor Mickal/NASA || GSFC_20190619_XRISM_XMA_Soong_06.jpg (6000x4000) [12.7 MB] ||

Team members Lawrence Lozipone of Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. and Yang Soong, a researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park, work with flight mirrors for the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM). Nested aluminum mirror segments – 1,624 of them for each X-ray Mirror Assembly – focus the incoming X-rays for the satellite's science instruments. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center || XRISM_Cleanroom_B-roll_1080Still.jpg (1920x1080) [727.5 KB] || XRISM_Cleanroom_B-roll_ProRes_1920x1080_30.mov (1920x1080) [7.0 GB] || XRISM_Cleanroom_B-roll_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [991.6 MB] || XRISM_Cleanroom_B-roll_ProRes_1920x1080_30.webm (1920x1080) [52.0 MB] ||