IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact with surrounding matter deep in the cosmos, using observations from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) and other telescopes.  Scientists based in the U.S., Italy, and Spain, set their sights on a mysterious cosmic
Posted July 15, 2025
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
What happens when the universe’s most magnetic object shines with the power of 1,000 Suns in a matter of seconds? Thanks to NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), a mission in collaboration with ASI (Italian Space Agency), scientists are one step closer to understanding this extreme event.  Magnetars are a type of young neutron star […]
Posted June 5, 2025
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes.
Posted May 8, 2025
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
Supermassive Black Holes
The Universe
The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: How are X-rays generated in extreme environments like this?
Posted May 6, 2025
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
The Universe
From new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA missions will be highlighted at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting will take place Jan. 12-16 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
Posted January 10, 2025
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential to a black hole – specifically, the disk of material swirling around it, and the shifting plasma region called the corona.
Posted December 6, 2024
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
The large wall monitor displaying a countdown shows 17 seconds when Amelia “Mia” De Herrera-Schnering tells her teammates “We have AOS,” meaning “acquisition of signal.” “Copy that, thank you,” Alexander Pichler replies.
Posted August 21, 2024
General
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
On March 23, NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) stopped transmitting valid telemetry data. The only previous interruption of IXPE science observations was due to a similar issue in June of 2023.
Posted March 27, 2024
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
General
NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) team has been awarded a top prize in high-energy astronomy.
Posted January 23, 2024
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
General
Marshall Space Flight Center
The powerful gravity fields of black holes can devour whole planets’ worth of matter – often so violently that they expel streams of particles traveling near the speed of light in  formations known as jets.
Posted January 16, 2024
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