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NASA's IXPE reveals X-ray-generating particles in black hole jets

NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) collaborated with radio and optical telescopes to find answers. The results, available on the arXiv preprint server and set to be published in the ...
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NASA IXPE’s ‘Heartbeat Black Hole’ Measurements Challenge Current Theories

An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our understanding of what happens to matter in the direct vicinity of a black hole. With ...
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NASA’s IXPE Revolutionizes Black Hole Research With Unexpected Heartbeat Discovery

In a breakthrough study,NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has revealed surprising insights into the behavior of matter surrounding black holes, challenging long-held scientific theories ...
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NASA Picks Potential $188M Mission to Explore Black Holes, Cosmic X-Rays’ Polarization

NASA plans to launch a potential $188 million mission by 2020 to explore and collect information on black holes, pulsars, neutron stars and other cosmic X-rays. The IXPE mission will send three ...
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Tour: NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue

Three new pieces of cosmic sound are being released to celebrate black holes, the densest and darkest members of our universe. These scientific productions are sonifications — or translations — of ...