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.

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Their observations of the stellar-mass black hole IGR J17091-3624, located approximately 28,000 light-years from Earth, have ...

Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

In a breakthrough study,NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has revealed surprising insights into the behavior ...

An international team of astronomers using NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our understanding ...

Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has ...

Written by Michael AllenAn international team of astronomers using NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our ...

Astronomers studying a rare neutron star system have uncovered a surprising source of powerful X-rays. Using NASA s IXPE telescope and data from other observatories, an international team found ...

IXPE launched in Dec. 2021 and has made many observations of pulsars, but J1023 was the first system of its kind that it explored.

Astronomers using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) focused on 1E 1841-045, a magnetar located in the supernova remnant (SNR) Kes 73 nearly 28,000 light-years from Earth.