NASA's IXPE measured x-ray polarization during an outburst from a magnetar, a noteworthy first in astrophysics.

Using NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), researchers measured X-ray polarization that exceeded expectations.

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has provided new insights into black hole corona and polarised X-ray ...

NASA’s IXPE detects unusual X-ray polarisation in a black hole, hinting at new theories on corona and disc structure.

A black hole’s bizarre "heartbeat" is forcing astronomers to reconsider how these cosmic heavyweights behave.

It is located 28,000 light-years away. NASA's IXPE observed its rhythmic brightening and dimming. The black hole's X-ray ...

Thus, the team was able to examine J1023 using NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) in northern Chile, and the ...

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 ...

IXPE shows the average orientation of the X-rays with respect to the jet in this image. The center of the spiral galaxy NGC 1365 contains a supermassive black hole being fed by a steady stream of ...

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 ...

NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission has completed its final orbit manoeuvres on August 7.