An international team of astronomers using NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our understanding ...

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has provided new insights into black hole corona and polarised X-ray ...

A black hole’s bizarre "heartbeat" is forcing astronomers to reconsider how these cosmic heavyweights behave.

NASA's IXPE satellite has identified a supermassive black hole blasting its energetic jets toward Earth. Don't worry, though, the powerful blazar far away in space.

The IXPE’s solar array underwent testing and integration at Ball Aerospace test facilities in Boulder. The joint mission by NASA and the Italian Space Agency costs a mere $188 million.

This IXPE image maps the intensity of X-rays coming from Cassiopeia A. The colors, including cool purple, blue, red and white, correspond with the increasing brightness of the X-rays.

The IXPE observations also reveal that the magnetic field over small regions is highly tangled, without a dominant preferred direction. Credits: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO; IXPE: NASA/MSFC/J ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, rolls out to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Dec. 7, 2021.

IXPE is a collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency with partners and science collaborators in 12 countries. IXPE is led by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.