NASA’s New IXPE Mission Opens Its Eyes and Is Ready for Discovery!
NASA’s newest X-ray eyes are open and ready for discovery! Having spent just over a month in space, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is…
IXPE
Read the latest news on NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a space observatory that exploits the polarization state of light from astrophysical sources to provide insight into our understanding of X-ray production in objects such as neutron stars and pulsar wind nebulae, as well as stellar and supermassive black holes.
NASA’s New IXPE Observatory Unfolds Its Origami Boom for Science
NASA’s newest X-ray observatory – the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE – extended its boom successfully December 15, giving IXPE the ability to see…
SpaceX Rocket Launches NASA’s IXPE Space Observatory – To Explore the Most Extreme and Mysterious Objects in the Universe
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launched at 1 a.m. EST Thursday, December 9, 2021, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy…
NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Mission Is Set To Launch – How To Watch Live
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, the first satellite dedicated to measuring…
New NASA Mission to Study Black Holes, Cosmic X-ray Mysteries
A new NASA mission will allow astronomers to explore the hidden details of some of the most extreme and exotic astronomical objects, such as stellar…