Japan's black hole telescope is in trouble
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has lost contact with its X-ray Astronomy Satellite Hitomi (ASTRO-H.) Hitomi was launched on February 17th, for a 3-year mission to study black holes. But now that mission appears to be in jeopardy.