NASA and JAXA's XRISM project aims to study the most energetic objects in the universe, including galactic clusters and black holes.
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Objective
The main objective of XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission), is to probe cosmic X-ray objects via high-throughput imaging and high-resolution spectroscopy.
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Instrument
XRISM can split high-energy light from cosmic objects into the equivalent of an "X-ray rainbow," using its onboard instrument called Resolve.
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Operations
The Resolve instrument attains its operating temperature after a multistage cooling process that happens inside a refrigerator-sized container of liquid helium.
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Xtend
XRISM carries another instrument called Xtend a soft X-ray imager. It can provide one of the largest fields of view that any X-ray imaging satellite has supplied.