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NASA’s IXPE Helps Researchers Determine Shape of Black Hole Corona

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New findings using data from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission offer unprecedented insight into the shape and nature…

Article4 weeks ago
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Revealing the Hidden Universe with Full-shell X-ray Optics at NASA MSFC

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The study of X-ray emission from astronomical objects reveals secrets about the Universe at the largest and smallest spatial scales.…

Article4 weeks ago
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How Students Learn to Fly NASA’s IXPE Spacecraft

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The large wall monitor displaying a countdown shows 17 seconds when Amelia “Mia” De Herrera-Schnering tells her teammates “We have…

Article3 months ago

Coming in Hot — NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets

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This graphic shows a three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun. These stars are close enough that they could be…

Article5 months ago

MSFC Scientist Participates in Black Hole Week

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On 5/9/24 NASA Universe celebrated Black Hole Week with a Q & A session on several NASA social media accounts.…

Article6 months ago

REDSoX Holds Successful PDR at MIT

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On 3/25/24, Astrophysics Branch scientist, Stephen Bongiorno, presented at the Rocket Experiment Demonstration of a Soft X-ray (REDSoX) Polarimeter preliminary…

Article6 months ago
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