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IXPE Operations Update
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.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s IXPE Awarded Prestigious Prize in High-energy Astronomy - NASA
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) team has been awarded the American Astronomical Society’s 2024 Bruno Rossi Prize in high-energy astronomy for helping “advance our understanding of particle acceleration and emission from astrophysical…Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
NASA’s IXPE Helps Researchers Maximize ‘Microquasar’ Findings - NASA
Researchers using data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer to study a microquasar – a distant black hole stripping a companion star of material – have published new findings about how cosmic-ray particles streaming away from the microquasa…Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
NASA’s IXPE Marks Two Years of Groundbreaking X-ray Astronomy - NASA
Dec. 9 marks two years since the launch of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a joint NASA-Italian Space Agency mission to study polarized X-ray light – and the geometry and inner workings of the ultra-powerful energy sources from which i…Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
NASA X-ray Telescopes Reveal the "Bones" of a Ghostly Cosmic Hand - NASA
NASA's Chandra and IXPE data have been used to examine the pulsar wind nebula known as MSH 15-52 which is well-known for its shape that resembles that of a ghostly cosmic hand.Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
IXPE Untangles Theories Surrounding Historic Supernova Remnant - NASA
NASA’s IXPE telescope has captured the first polarized X-ray imagery of the supernova remnant SN 1006, expanding our understanding of the relationship between magnetic fields and the energy streaming away from exploding stars.Beth Ridgeway (NASA)