ASTROPHYSICS: Rare data from a lost satellite

Blanton, Elizabeth

¹ Elizabeth Blanton is at the Institute for Astrophysical Research and the Department of Astronomy, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

Published online 6 July 2016

Nature 535(7610):p 40-41, July 7, 2016. | DOI: 10.1038/535040a

The Hitomi astronomical satellite observed gas motions in the Perseus galaxy cluster shortly before losing contact with Earth. Its findings are invaluable to studies of cluster physics and cosmology. See Letter p.117