Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has identified the origin of X-rays in a supermassive black hole’s jet, answering a question that has been unresolved since the earliest days of X-ray astronomy. Their findings are described in a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, […]
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IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), Astrophysics, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Galaxies, Galaxy clusters, Marshall Astrophysics, Marshall Science Projects, Marshall Science Research & Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center, Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, The Universe, X-ray Astronomy
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December 16, 2025
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