In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays and used them to image the bones in his wife’s hand, kicking off a revolutionary diagnostic tool for medicine. Now two of NASA’s X-ray space telescopes have combined their imaging powers to unveil the magnetic field “bones” of a remarkable hand-shaped structure in space. Together, these telescopes reveal the […]
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Astrophysics, IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), Marshall Space Flight Center, The Universe
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October 30, 2023
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