The upcoming XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, pronounced 'crism') spacecraft will study the universe's hottest regions, largest structures, and objects with the strongest gravity.
This artist's concept shows a face-on view of the XRISM spacecraft. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Led by JAXA , XRISM will peer into these cosmic extremes using spectroscopy, the study of how light and matter interact. In this explainer, video producer Sophia Roberts from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center walks us through how understanding spectroscopy deepens our knowledge of the universe. XRISM's microcalorimeter spectrometer, named Resolve, is a collaboration between JAXA and NASA. It will create spectra, measurements of light's intensity over a range of energies, for X-rays from 400 to 12,000 electron volts.
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