{"id":142329,"date":"2022-07-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-480796"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:17:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:17:27","slug":"automating-an-astrophysics-collaboration-that-bridges-countries-and-galaxies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/automating-an-astrophysics-collaboration-that-bridges-countries-and-galaxies\/","title":{"rendered":"Automating an Astrophysics Collaboration That Bridges Countries and Galaxies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"image of the NICER instrument on the space station\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png 4928w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=1024,575 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=1536,863 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=2048,1150 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=1200,674 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_ct_iss057e055490_orig_0.png?resize=2000,1123 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The NICER instrument installed on the International Space Station, as captured by a high-definition external camera on October 22, 2018.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>An international collaboration between NASA\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=1705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NICER<\/a><\/strong> and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency\u2019s (JAXA\u2019s) International Space Station experiment<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAXI<\/a> <\/strong>has jump-started the discovery of unpredictable cosmic events that reveal the workings of our dynamic universe. MAXI has scanned the skies for X-ray sources from the vantage point of the space station since 2009, alerting other observatories so they can capture additional data about these sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe space station is in contact with a ground station about 70% of the time. We can get data from MAXI about 10 seconds after it detects something. Prompt analysis on ground computers makes it possible to issue an alert to observatories all over the world through the internet,\u201d said MAXI co-investigator Tatehiro Mihara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NICER team is one group receiving these alerts. While MAXI scans 95% of the X-ray sky with each orbit of the station, NICER measures a much smaller patch of sky with much higher sensitivity to faint objects. This makes the two instruments a perfect pair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one instance, astronomers were unaware of the presence of black hole J1820 until MAXI spotted an outburst on March 11, 2018. Outbursts occur when an instability in the disk causes a flood of gas to move inward toward the black hole, like an avalanche. The causes of disk instabilities are poorly understood. J1820 went from a totally unknown black hole to one of the brightest sources in the X-ray sky over a few days. NICER moved quickly to capture this dramatic transition and followed the fading tail of the eruption over several months. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_m_maxi_0.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_m_maxi_0.png?w=1080\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"X-Ray image of the sky\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_m_maxi_0.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_m_maxi_0.png?resize=300,150 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_m_maxi_0.png?resize=768,383 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_m_maxi_0.png?resize=1024,511 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_m_maxi_0.png?resize=400,200 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_m_maxi_0.png?resize=600,299 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/phys_m_maxi_0.png?resize=900,449 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The first all-sky X-ray image obtained with a camera on the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) during one International Space Station orbit.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, vastly differing time zones between the United States and Japan do complicate this collaboration. The Orbiting High-energy Monitor Alert Network (OHMAN) project is taking on this challenge by automating the relationship between the two payloads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNICER and MAXI are both on the space station, so why go through the bother of sending information to the ground at all?\u201d said Keith Gendreau, NICER principal investigator at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. \u201cIt should be possible for MAXI to do its automated analysis and determine whether something is worth NICER\u2019s attention. Then NICER can follow up on the X-ray source automatically, cutting the response time from hours or days to minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A laptop aboard station connected to both instruments serves as the bridge between the two missions. By automating this notification process, NICER and MAXI can work more closely together than ever before, using X-rays to uncover more mysteries of the universe and advance scientific understanding \u2013 and hopefully something more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen MAXI sees X-rays in real time in the sky and informs humans for the first time, we see a new world where a star suddenly brightens up and black hole binaries twinkle in a millisecond,\u201d Mihara said. \u201cIt might just be beautiful to some people, but sometimes it inspires them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NICER Charts the Area Around a New Black Hole\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T8kJwGDwONo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Watch how X-ray echoes, mapped by NASA\u2019s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) revealed changes to the corona of black hole MAXI J1820+070.<br>Credits: NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional resource:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/maxi.riken.jp\/top\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAXI: Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS_Research\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Follow us on Twitter!\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Follow us on Twitter!<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/space-station-research-and-technology\/benefits-for-humanity\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Station Benefits for Humanity<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/benefits-cover-cupola-for-web-mod.png?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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