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Why X-ray astronomers are anxious for good news from troubled Hitomi satellite

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imageArtist's illustration of Hitomi.JAXA, Akihiro Ikeshita

On February 16, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the ASTRO-H satellite from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The space telescope named Hitomi – “pupil” in Japanese – carried with it the hopes and dreams of astrophysicists from around the world.

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