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Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our understanding…
An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact with surrounding matter…
What happens when the universe’s most magnetic object shines with the power of 1,000 Suns in a matter of seconds?…
NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our…
Editor’s note: This article was updated June 2, 2025 to include the link to the scientific study published in Astrophysical Journal…
From new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA missions…
NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential to a black hole…
New findings using data from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission offer unprecedented insight into the shape and nature…
The large wall monitor displaying a countdown shows 17 seconds when Amelia “Mia” De Herrera-Schnering tells her teammates “We have…
Editor’s Note, April 3, 2024: IXPE resumed normal science operations on April 3. Learn more https://blogs.nasa.gov/ixpe/2024/04/03/ixpe-operations-update-2/. On March 23, NASA’s…
NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) team has been awarded a top prize in high-energy astronomy. The High Energy Astrophysics…
The powerful gravity fields of black holes can devour whole planets’ worth of matter – often so violently that they…
On Dec. 9, astronomers and physicists will commemorate two years of landmark X-ray science by NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry…
In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays and used them to image the bones in his wife’s hand, kicking off a…
NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) telescope has captured the first polarized X-ray imagery of the supernova remnant SN 1006.…