NuSTAR Discovers Brightest Pulsar to Date
Using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astronomers have detected the brightest pulsar to date, located about 12 million light-years away in the galaxy Messier 82….
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NuSTAR Discovers Pulsar Powering Intense Gamma Rays
Using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astronomers have discovered a pulsar spinning five times per second and the ultimate power source of both the high-energy…
NuSTAR Sees Rare Event Near Supermassive Black Hole Markarian 335
NuSTAR observations reveal X-ray light streaming from regions near supermassive black hole Markarian 335. NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has captured an extreme and…
NuSTAR Reveals How Stars Explode
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array untangles the mysteries of what happens to stars when they explode. One of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, how stars…
New NuSTAR Images Show the Remains of a Dead Star and Distant Black Holes
New images from NASA’s NuSTAR show the energized remains of a dead star and distant black holes buried in blankets of dust. Two new views…
Astronomers Search for Medium-Sized Black Holes
In two new studies, astronomers examine black holes in the Circinus galaxy and spiral galaxy NGC 1313, searching for evidence of medium-sized black holes. Black…
NASA’s NuSTAR Identifies Its First Ten Supermassive Black Holes
In a new study, scientists report on the first ten identifications of sources serendipitously detected by NuSTAR. NASA’s black-hole-hunter spacecraft, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array,…
NuSTAR and ESO Composite Image of the Sculptor Galaxy
This composite image from NASA’s NuSTAR and the European Southern Observatory shows the Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253. The Sculptor galaxy is seen…
NASA’s NuSTAR Delivers Unique X-Ray Images of the Cosmos
The first batch of data from NASA’s NuSTAR is now publicly available, providing data on observations obtained during the first two months of the mission…
Data Reveals Dormant Black Hole Amidst Stellar Chaos
NuSTAR data reveals that the once active supermassive black hole at the center of the Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253, is now dormant,…
Scientists Measure the Spin Rates of Supermassive Black Holes
Using the NuSTAR and XMM-Newton telescopes, researchers traced matter as it swirled into a black hole, resolving a long-standing debate about black holes and gaining…
NuSTAR Images of Spiral Galaxy IC 342 & Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is providing scientists with greater sensitivity and imaging capability and giving them new information on a wide array of cosmic…
NuSTAR to Scan Supernovas and Help Improve Computer Simulations
Using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astrophysicists will scan debris from supernovas to better understand how they work and use that information to figure out…
NuSTAR Set to Study Some of the Most Energetic Phenomena in the Universe
NASA’s NuSTAR mission is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean on June 13, providing researchers with sharp images of black…
Spacecraft to Explore Supermassive Black Holes at Center of Galaxies
By the standards of space-based astronomy, NASA’s new NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) telescope that will be launched later this month has a modest budget…
NuSTAR’s 9,000 Mirrors are Only 200 Microns Thick
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has a total of 9,000 individual mirror segments that are only 200 microns thick and will be the first…
NASA’s NuSTAR is One Step Closer to Launching
NASAA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is one step closer to its March launch. The NuSTAR was shipped to the Vandenberg Air Force Base…