NASA’s IXPE tracked a rare pulsar—and found an unexpected power source Date: July 20, 2025 Source: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Summary: Astronomers studying a rare neutron star system ...

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.

In a breakthrough study,NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has revealed surprising insights into the behavior of matter surrounding black holes, challenging long-held scientific ...

For the first time, NASA released a sonification simultaneously with news results associated with two of its telescopes, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...