New satellite will able to see 'X-ray rainbow' from huge objects in space

A rendering of a space probe hangs in a black, starry sky. it is mostly cylindrical and warpped in gold foil. Camera lenses point from the closer end, and three-paneled solar panels are unfurled across the back of the wider, rear cylindrical part of the body.

We'll soon get sharper vision on cosmic X-rays.

A new satellite aims to study huge objects in the universe, using instruments able to measure the heat of a single X-ray photon. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM — pronounced "crism") will analyze X-rays using the widest field-of-view instrument ever implemented in this kind of imaging probe.