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.

NASA's IXPE imager reveals mysteries of rare pulsar by Beth Ridgeway, NASA edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

NASA’s IXPE tracked a rare pulsar—and found an unexpected power source Date: July 20, 2025 Source: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Summary: Astronomers studying a rare neutron star system ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered new information about the remains of a star whose explosion was discovered 450 years ago.

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 ...

IXPE’s observations of Markarian 421 were complemented with data gathered by partner observatories across the United States and in France, Japan, Spain, and Crete.

One year ago, NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) lit up the early morning sky as it started its journey into space.

For the first time, NASA released a sonification simultaneously with news results associated with two of its telescopes, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...