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AXIS X-ray Probe

@axisprobe.bsky.social

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AXIS is a proposed X-ray probe that will revolutionize our understanding of the X-ray sky and how the Universe works.

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Andrea Botteon @andreabotteon.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Check for the wonderful science that @axisprobe.bsky.social would enable in the white book uploaded today in arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.00253 I've participated with a chapter on "X-ray and radio surface brightness edges in the ICM", you can find it in the Galaxies GO Science section (page 69)

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Check out AXIS science team member Daryl Haggard on The CRAM Podcast as she speaks about black holes and how AXIS will transform our understanding of them! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hl4...

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Juggernauts of the universe: the compelling case of black holes

YouTube video by The CRAM Podcast ~ Extraordinary Ideas Unleashed

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Check out this neat article on hypersoft x-ray sources (HSSs) discovered Chandra (and AXIS gets a shout-out 😀 ) www.science.org/content/arti...

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Newly discovered x-ray objects could be a rare type of black hole

For decades, intermediate-mass black holes have largely evaded direct observation

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Group photo of our AXIS science team during our session yesterday at @aasoffice.bsky.social 😊 You can catch the whole session on our AXIS YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCm7... #AXISTheXrayUniverse

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Science team member Edmund Hodges-Kluck presents on probing feedback in and around galaxies with AXIS!

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Science team member Fabio Pacucci presents on the high-z SMBH science capable with AXIS! AXIS surveys will be farther, wider, and faster than currently possible.

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

P.I Chris Reynolds starts off our session introducing AXIS! @aasoffice.bsky.social

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Are you at @aasoffice.bsky.social? Be sure to stop by the AXIS booth!

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Two of our science team members, Daryl Haggard and Samar Safi-Harb were interviewed about AXIS by @ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social! Check out their interview: montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-sci...

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Montreal scientist co-leads project in NASA space probe competition

A project co-led by a Montreal scientist is a top contender for an upcoming NASA mission. The space agency has selected Advanced X-Ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), co-led by McGill University physics pro...

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Heading to @aasoffice.bsky.social next week? Be sure to check out the AXIS booth and join our session on Monday from 2:00–3:30 PM in Chesapeake 4-5! Visit the booth to chat with our science team & grab some AXIS swag -- pens, pins, and stickers galore✨

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Check out @umanitoba recent article highlighting AXIS and Science Team Member Samar Safi-Harb! news.umanitoba.ca/um-researche...

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UM Researchers join NASA’s AXIS Mission to explore deep space

NASA recently announced their selection of the “Probe” (1 billion USD) mission concept to be adopted in the next decade. Two missions (one for infrared light and another for X-ray light) were sele

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

We are the Advanced X-ray Imagining Satellite (AXIS), a high-resolution X-ray mission probe concept . We were just recently selected by NASA for Phase A study & our team will be working very hard the next year to help get AXIS into space! Read more here: www.nasa.gov/news-release...

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NASA Establishes New Class of Astrophysics Missions, Selects Studies - NASA

Two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space were selected by NASA for additional review, the agency announced

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AXIS X-ray Probe @axisprobe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Hi everyone! We’re excited to have joined the Bluesky commmunity. Stay tuned for all our AXIS news and updates!

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Slide by Helen Russell explaining the phase A timeline for @axisprobe.bsky.social, with the helpful examples of NASA tech readiness levels as applied to the design of space unicorns 🦄🔭 by @astrogrant.bsky.social

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