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Einstein Probe detects an X-ray flare from nearby star (phys.org)
martinpw 29 days ago [-]
This threw me at first. There was an NASA X-ray imaging telescope in the late 70s/early 80s called Einstein:

https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/einstein/heao2.html

But this is a new Chinese instrument, also an X-ray telescope, also called Einstein:

https://ep.bao.ac.cn/ep/

xioxox 29 days ago [-]
Pedantically, it's Einstein Probe (EP), not Einstein. Confusingly, in Chinese it has another name, Tianguan, commemorating the observation of the supernova which created the Crab Nebula.
NoiseBert69 29 days ago [-]
Chinese + ESA contributions
xioxox 29 days ago [-]
China + ESA + Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) + Centro Nacional de Estudios Espaciales (CNES) contributions
gammarator 29 days ago [-]
This is not very newsworthy, stellar flares are common and known to emit X-rays.
aussieguy1234 29 days ago [-]
If measured the way we measure solar flares (M1, X1 etc) what would this one be rated as?
wglb 29 days ago [-]
ralfhn 29 days ago [-]
For a second I was really confused about what Epstein had to do with x-rays
justarandomname 29 days ago [-]
SAME, I thought there was a bit flip in the files or something.
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