New x-ray telescope XRISM launched successfully

Early Thursday morning, Sept. 7, the Japanese Space Agency successfully launched a new X-ray telescope: XRISM. Now, XRISM is at the end of its critical period, and the calibration phase has begun. There is a Dutch touch to this new telescope: space research institute SRON is part of the consortium and has developed components. Researchers from the Anton Pannekoek Institute will be involved in analyzing the first scientific observations that XRISM will make in the coming months.