NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, helping fill in a fuller picture of what other telescopes have observed. When astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory previously targeted RCW 86, they discovered that a large “cavity” region around the system led the supernova to expand […]
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory, IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), Marshall Space Flight Center, Supernova Remnants, Supernovae, The Universe, XMM-Newton (X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton)
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March 24, 2026
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