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NuSTAR

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

Active Mission

What

Black-Hole Spin Pushes Gravity's Limits

Solved

How Do Supernovae Occur?

Achievements

A Decade of Discoveries

Studying the universe in high-energy X-rays to better understand the dynamics of black holes, exploding stars, and the most extreme active galaxies, this telescope was first to measure precisely the spin of a black hole, and contributed to the first-ever picture of a black hole.

Type

Space Telescope

Launch

June 13, 2012

Target

Universe

Objective

Map Selected Regions of the Sky

NuSTAR Stories

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How Many Black Holes Are Hiding? NASA Study Homes in on Answer

Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black Hole

NASA Telescopes Find New Clues About Mysterious Deep Space Signals

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