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NASA’s IXPE Challenges Theories on Black Hole Corona and Polarised X-Ray Emissions
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has made surprising observations in a black hole binary system, detecting a high degree of X-ray polarisation that challenges current models of corona structure and accretion discs. In X-ray binaries, black holes pull matter from nearby stars, forming hot accretion discs and coronas.
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NASA Unveils New Space Sounds From Black Holes Using Sonification
With the help of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), the US space agency presented three new space sounds.
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NASA Solves Black Hole Jet X-ray Mystery with IXPE’s Polarization Powers
NASA’s IXPE satellite may have solved a longstanding astrophysical mystery: how are X-rays produced in the extreme jets of supermassive black holes? By observing the blazar BL Lacertae, IXPE recorded low X-ray polarization versus very high optical polarization—confirming Compton scattering as the likely mechanism. This breakthrough supports the...
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On New Year Day, India To Launch Satellite To Study Black Holes: 10 Points
India will begin the New Year today with an effort to solve one of the biggest mysteries of the universe -- black holes. A rocket will lift off today carrying an advanced astronomy observatory meant to study black holes and neutron stars.
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ISRO Satellite To Unravel Secrets Of Universe: All About XPoSat Mission
XPoSat, which will be launched on the trusted rocket the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, is the world's second of its kind after National Aeronautics and Space Administrations (NASA) Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).
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NASA's X-Ray Telescopes Capture Mysterious 'Ghost Hand' In Space
NASA's new X-ray telescope observed the haunting 'bones' of a ghostly cosmic hand 16,000 light-years from Earth for a record 17 days.
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All About India's First Polarimetry Mission XPoSat
XPoSat is hailed as world's second of its kind after NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).
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NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer Space Telescope Captures Its First Images
NASA has released the first image captured by its Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer; it's of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.
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NASA Launches New Mission To Explore Universe's Most Dramatic Objects
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission was launched at 1 am EST Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA Launches New X-Ray Telescope Aboard SpaceX Rocket to Study Milky Way’s Most Energetic Objects
NASA launched the IXPE telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Thursday.
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NASA’s IXPE Challenges Theories on Black Hole Corona and Polarised X-Ray Emissions
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has made surprising observations in a black hole binary system, detecting a high degree of X-ray polarisation that challenges current models of corona structure and accretion discs. In X-ray binaries, black holes pull matter from nearby stars, forming hot accretion discs and coronas.
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NASA Unveils New Space Sounds From Black Holes Using Sonification
With the help of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), the US space agency presented three new space sounds.
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NASA Solves Black Hole Jet X-ray Mystery with IXPE’s Polarization Powers
NASA’s IXPE satellite may have solved a longstanding astrophysical mystery: how are X-rays produced in the extreme jets of supermassive black holes? By observing the blazar BL Lacertae, IXPE recorded low X-ray polarization versus very high optical polarization—confirming Compton scattering as the likely mechanism. This breakthrough supports the...
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On New Year Day, India To Launch Satellite To Study Black Holes: 10 Points
India will begin the New Year today with an effort to solve one of the biggest mysteries of the universe -- black holes. A rocket will lift off today carrying an advanced astronomy observatory meant to study black holes and neutron stars.
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ISRO Satellite To Unravel Secrets Of Universe: All About XPoSat Mission
XPoSat, which will be launched on the trusted rocket the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, is the world's second of its kind after National Aeronautics and Space Administrations (NASA) Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).
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NASA's X-Ray Telescopes Capture Mysterious 'Ghost Hand' In Space
NASA's new X-ray telescope observed the haunting 'bones' of a ghostly cosmic hand 16,000 light-years from Earth for a record 17 days.
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All About India's First Polarimetry Mission XPoSat
XPoSat is hailed as world's second of its kind after NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).
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NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer Space Telescope Captures Its First Images
NASA has released the first image captured by its Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer; it's of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.
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NASA Launches New Mission To Explore Universe's Most Dramatic Objects
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission was launched at 1 am EST Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA Launches New X-Ray Telescope Aboard SpaceX Rocket to Study Milky Way’s Most Energetic Objects
NASA launched the IXPE telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Thursday.
