Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite science team hits major milestone

woman in center standing on stepladder, reaching upward toward a large lens held by a huge yellow frame. Four students around her look up at what she's doing; one is standing on a ladder.

UMBC physicists Eileen Meyer and Adi Foord are on the leadership team for AXIS, a proposed x-ray satellite with the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the universe’s ancient past.

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