In the 1980s, researchers began discovering extremely bright sources of X-rays in the outer portions…
Browsing: NuSTAR
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is a space-based X-ray telescope launched by NASA in June 2012. It is the first telescope capable of focusing high energy X-rays, similar to how visible light telescopes focus light, which allows it to observe and photograph objects in considerably higher detail than was previously possible with non-focusing telescopes. NuSTAR primarily investigates black holes, supernova remnants, active galactic nuclei, and other phenomena in the high-energy X-ray range (3-79 keV). It provides vital data that help astronomers understand the physics behind these high-energy events and objects, contributing significantly to our knowledge of the universe’s dynamic processes. The mission, which has significantly exceeded its initial planned duration, continues to contribute valuable observations of the extreme universe, aiding in various collaborative studies and cross-mission research with other telescopes in space and on Earth.
Using NASA’s NuSTAR Space Telescope and the William Herschel Observatory, astronomers have been able to…
New Chandra data has revealed 25 bright point-like X-ray sources in Arp 299, 14 of…
Using NASA’s NuSTAR telescope, a team of astronomers reveals that in the late stages of…
A supermassive black hole inside the tiny galaxy Was 49b is challenging astronomers’ ideas about…
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as NASA’s NuSTAR and CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact…
A team of scientists has measured rapidly varying temperatures in hot gas emanating from around…
Using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s NuSTAR, astronomers have discovered the brightest…
Astronomers may have solved a 40-year-old mystery surrounding a neutron star in the “Rapid Burster”…
NASA’s NuSTAR satellite reveals new clues to why supernova SN 2014C dramatically changed in appearance…
Using data from XMM-Newton and NuSTAR, astronomers have proved the existence of a “gravitational vortex”…
Using data from the NuSTAR X-ray satellite, a team of astronomers has found that the…
New observations from NASA’s Swift and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, suggest that supermassive black…
New observations from NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, Japan’s Hinode Spacecraft, and NASA’s Solar Dynamics…
Using NuSTAR, astronomers clearly identified five supermassive black holes that were previously elusive because of…
By mapping the radioisotope titanium-44, NASA’s NuStar reveals evidence of an asymmetrical explosion from supernova…
NASA’s NuSTAR has spotted a mysterious glow of high-energy X-rays at the center of our…
Using NASA’s NuSTAR and ESA’s XMM-Newton telescopes astronomers have measured the strength of ultra-fast winds…