Radio image of the S-shaped precessing jet launched by the neutron star in Circinus X-1. Both Cir X-1 itself (centre of the image) and a background source have been subtracted from the image to make ...

Between rainbows, rings, and sharp, hard lines, it’s difficult to not clap my hands in glee while unpacking the levels of awesome crammed in this X-ray image of Circinus X-1. The beautiful bullseye ...

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the largest and brightest set of rings from X-ray light echoes ever observed. These extraordinary rings, produced by an intense flare ...

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered the largest and brightest set of rings from X-ray light echoes ever observed. These extraordinary rings, produced by an intense flare ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Millennia ago, and 26,000 light years distant in the dim and somewhat unremarkable constellation of ...

Composite image of X-ray binary Circinus X-1, the youngest of this class of astronomical objects found to date. NASA Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Australia Compact ...

Circinus X-1 is a bizarre and sometimes frenetic source of X-rays in our galaxy. Residing in the plane of the Milky Way, where it cannot be observed by optical telescopes because of obscuring clouds ...

A Tour of Circinus X-1 These rings are light echoes, similar to sound echoes that we may experience here on Earth. Learn more: http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/cirx1 ...