With the help of a specialized space telescope, scientists have finally figured out how a supermassive black hole's jet emits X-rays. According to NASA, the finding in a study published in The ...

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. With ...

The universe is full of mysteries, and black holes in particular are quite puzzling. Recently, an X-ray telescope noticed surprising behavior in the “heartbeat black hole” IGR J17091-3624, famous for ...

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — NASA awarded a launch contract to SpaceX July 8 for the launch of a small astrophysics mission as the company offered a Falcon 9 at a lower price than a much smaller rocket. NASA ...

Update: Liftoff of Falcon 9 at 1 a.m. ET! NASA's IXPE spacecraft is now en route to Earth orbit, where it will study X-rays from cosmic objects like black holes. Read the full story here. Follow live ...

NASA's IXPE telescope has revealed new details about the white dwarf star EX Hydrae, observing it not just as a point of light but as a structured system. For the first time, scientists measured the ...