NASA released three new sonifications—sound translations of space data—highlighting black holes and their evolution. Featuring WR124, SS 433, and Centaurus A, the sounds reveal stellar collapse, cosmic jets, and binary systems.
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, IXPE
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, IXPE
May 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
NASA released three new sonifications—sound translations of space data—highlighting black holes and their evolution. Featuring WR124, SS 433, and Centaurus A, the sounds reveal stellar collapse, cosmic jets, and binary systems.
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, IXPE
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, IXPE
Happy 3-year launch anniversary, #NASAIXPE!
🔭 #highenergyastro
IXPE opened a new window to the high energy universe through X-ray polarimetry, which probes the geometrical properties of objects such as black holes, neutron stars at scales never seen before. www.nasa.gov/ixpe-overview/
🔭 #highenergyastro
IXPE opened a new window to the high energy universe through X-ray polarimetry, which probes the geometrical properties of objects such as black holes, neutron stars at scales never seen before. www.nasa.gov/ixpe-overview/
IXPE Overview - NASA
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE, is a space observatory built to discover the secrets of some of the most extreme objects in the universe – the remnants of supernova explosions, pow...
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December 9, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Happy 3-year launch anniversary, #NASAIXPE!
🔭 #highenergyastro
IXPE opened a new window to the high energy universe through X-ray polarimetry, which probes the geometrical properties of objects such as black holes, neutron stars at scales never seen before. www.nasa.gov/ixpe-overview/
🔭 #highenergyastro
IXPE opened a new window to the high energy universe through X-ray polarimetry, which probes the geometrical properties of objects such as black holes, neutron stars at scales never seen before. www.nasa.gov/ixpe-overview/
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
December 7, 2024 at 10:44 AM
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
🔭 Новое комбинированное изображение остатка сверхновой RCW 86. Здесь данные рентгеновской обсерватории IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) выделены фиолетовым цветом.
X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE: NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab
X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE: NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab
March 27, 2026 at 3:22 AM
🔭 Новое комбинированное изображение остатка сверхновой RCW 86. Здесь данные рентгеновской обсерватории IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) выделены фиолетовым цветом.
X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE: NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab
X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE: NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab
One of the amazing #NASA missions I get to lead editorially is IXPE, which helps us explore extreme objects like black holes. Now IXPE has revealed the shapes of important structures at a black hole:
www.nasa.gov/missions/ixp...
www.nasa.gov/missions/ixp...
NASA’s IXPE Details Shapes of Structures at Newly Discovered Black Hole - NASA
NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential to a black hole – specifically,
www.nasa.gov
December 7, 2024 at 4:26 AM
One of the amazing #NASA missions I get to lead editorially is IXPE, which helps us explore extreme objects like black holes. Now IXPE has revealed the shapes of important structures at a black hole:
www.nasa.gov/missions/ixp...
www.nasa.gov/missions/ixp...
Apuntan al espacio profundo y encuentran el 'fantasma' que China vio hace casi 2.000 años, en el 185 de nuestra era, donde documentaron un fuerte destello en el cielo El Telescopio IXPE ha logrado documentar su remanente.
www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/c...
www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/c...
April 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Apuntan al espacio profundo y encuentran el 'fantasma' que China vio hace casi 2.000 años, en el 185 de nuestra era, donde documentaron un fuerte destello en el cielo El Telescopio IXPE ha logrado documentar su remanente.
www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/c...
www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/c...
Les supernovæ sont aussi de fantastiques accélérateurs de particules.
Le satellite IXPE a étudié les rayons X polarisés du résidu de supernova Tycho.
Il a révélé la géométrie des champs magnétiques proches de l'onde de choc, ce qui permet d'étudier comment les particules y sont accélérées.
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Le satellite IXPE a étudié les rayons X polarisés du résidu de supernova Tycho.
Il a révélé la géométrie des champs magnétiques proches de l'onde de choc, ce qui permet d'étudier comment les particules y sont accélérées.
1/2
April 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Les supernovæ sont aussi de fantastiques accélérateurs de particules.
Le satellite IXPE a étudié les rayons X polarisés du résidu de supernova Tycho.
Il a révélé la géométrie des champs magnétiques proches de l'onde de choc, ce qui permet d'étudier comment les particules y sont accélérées.
1/2
Le satellite IXPE a étudié les rayons X polarisés du résidu de supernova Tycho.
Il a révélé la géométrie des champs magnétiques proches de l'onde de choc, ce qui permet d'étudier comment les particules y sont accélérées.
1/2
New polarisation measurements from IXPE show that supermassive black hole jets produce X-rays by scattering of light by electrons (Compton scattering), solving the mystery of whether it is electrons or protons doing the scattering 🔭🧪
www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...
www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...
NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets - NASA
Data from NASA’s IXPE enables astronomers to learn more about black hole jets known as blazars.
www.nasa.gov
May 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New polarisation measurements from IXPE show that supermassive black hole jets produce X-rays by scattering of light by electrons (Compton scattering), solving the mystery of whether it is electrons or protons doing the scattering 🔭🧪
www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...
www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...
#NASA #BlackHole #IXPE #XRays #astronomy #galaxy #Chandra #physics #science #realscience #actualscience www.nasa.gov/missions/ixp...
NASA IXPE’s Longest Observation Solves Black Hole Jets Mystery - NASA
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
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December 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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NASA's IXPE Gets Fresh Look at Supernova - NASA
NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, seen here in an image released on March 24, 2026.
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April 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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I love Chandra. I'm very partial to cosmic X-ray imaging (Ixpe launched on my birthday, and I still geek out over it...), and I think she's worth saving. I took a minute to ask congress to save her. There are multiple ways to help. Check out this great resource below.
🛰️🌌
🛰️🌌
Chandra, the space-based observatory that brings us incredible x-ray images of the most extreme environments in the cosmos, is at risk of cancellation. It’ll be a huge loss to astronomy if the mission ends prematurely for budget reasons. Go to www.savechandra.org to find out how to help #SaveChandra
March 26, 2024 at 5:41 AM
I love Chandra. I'm very partial to cosmic X-ray imaging (Ixpe launched on my birthday, and I still geek out over it...), and I think she's worth saving. I took a minute to ask congress to save her. There are multiple ways to help. Check out this great resource below.
🛰️🌌
🛰️🌌
If I understand correctly, this budget would keep Hubble and JWST but end ALL other telescopes: Roman, Chandra, Swift, Fermi TESS, NICER, XRISM, IXPE. 🔭
This really is an extinction level event for NASA's science programs.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…
arstechnica.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If I understand correctly, this budget would keep Hubble and JWST but end ALL other telescopes: Roman, Chandra, Swift, Fermi TESS, NICER, XRISM, IXPE. 🔭
A once-mighty #NASA astrophysics fleet—revolutionizing our view of the cosmos—is now being dismantled before our eyes.
❌ TESS, Chandra, Fermi, IXPE, UVEX…
❌ 20+ missions canceled, gutted, or abandoned.
❌ A generation of discovery, erased.
This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s self-inflicted blindness.🔭
❌ TESS, Chandra, Fermi, IXPE, UVEX…
❌ 20+ missions canceled, gutted, or abandoned.
❌ A generation of discovery, erased.
This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s self-inflicted blindness.🔭
May 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A once-mighty #NASA astrophysics fleet—revolutionizing our view of the cosmos—is now being dismantled before our eyes.
❌ TESS, Chandra, Fermi, IXPE, UVEX…
❌ 20+ missions canceled, gutted, or abandoned.
❌ A generation of discovery, erased.
This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s self-inflicted blindness.🔭
❌ TESS, Chandra, Fermi, IXPE, UVEX…
❌ 20+ missions canceled, gutted, or abandoned.
❌ A generation of discovery, erased.
This isn’t belt-tightening. It’s self-inflicted blindness.🔭
CORRECTION: It says it will reduce funding for IXPE, NuSTAR, and TESS, and it will fund some pioneers at reduced levels starting in FY27. It is unclear to me if these missions can actually operate at the reduced level in the president's budget though.
May 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
CORRECTION: It says it will reduce funding for IXPE, NuSTAR, and TESS, and it will fund some pioneers at reduced levels starting in FY27. It is unclear to me if these missions can actually operate at the reduced level in the president's budget though.
NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets
The blazar BL Lacertae,with its jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: how are X-rays generated in extreme environments like this? 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...
The blazar BL Lacertae,with its jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: how are X-rays generated in extreme environments like this? 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...
NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets - NASA
Data from NASA’s IXPE enables astronomers to learn more about black hole jets known as blazars.
www.nasa.gov
May 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets
The blazar BL Lacertae,with its jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: how are X-rays generated in extreme environments like this? 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...
The blazar BL Lacertae,with its jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: how are X-rays generated in extreme environments like this? 🧪🔭
www.nasa.gov/centers-and-...
El IXPE, lanzado el 9 de diciembre de 2021, es el primer satélite que mide la polarización de rayos X en el cosmos.
Su misión podría revelar detalles sobre agujeros negros y estrellas de neutrones.
📷 (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
#Ciencia #Astronomia #Espacio
Su misión podría revelar detalles sobre agujeros negros y estrellas de neutrones.
📷 (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
#Ciencia #Astronomia #Espacio
October 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
El IXPE, lanzado el 9 de diciembre de 2021, es el primer satélite que mide la polarización de rayos X en el cosmos.
Su misión podría revelar detalles sobre agujeros negros y estrellas de neutrones.
📷 (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
#Ciencia #Astronomia #Espacio
Su misión podría revelar detalles sobre agujeros negros y estrellas de neutrones.
📷 (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
#Ciencia #Astronomia #Espacio
Misurato il campo magnetico della pulsar Lighthouse grazie al satellite Ixpe (Nasa/Asi). I risultati confermano la teoria secondo cui le particelle ad alta energia fuoriescono lungo le linee del campo magnetico della galassia.
Gita al faro con Ixpe
Misurato il campo magnetico della pulsar Lighthouse grazie al satellite Ixpe della Nasa. I risultati confermano la teoria secondo cui le particelle ad alta energia fuoriescono lungo le linee del campo...
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July 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Misurato il campo magnetico della pulsar Lighthouse grazie al satellite Ixpe (Nasa/Asi). I risultati confermano la teoria secondo cui le particelle ad alta energia fuoriescono lungo le linee del campo magnetico della galassia.
Our IXPE telescope found strong evidence to support a 90-year-old quantum theory that suggests the vacuum of space can be altered by extreme magnetic fields. IXPE used its unique X-ray vision on a supermagnetized stellar remnant to test this theory. t.co/Bz15l2nfpH
🔗 go.nasa.gov/4fUqmiO
🔗 go.nasa.gov/4fUqmiO
August 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Our IXPE telescope found strong evidence to support a 90-year-old quantum theory that suggests the vacuum of space can be altered by extreme magnetic fields. IXPE used its unique X-ray vision on a supermagnetized stellar remnant to test this theory. t.co/Bz15l2nfpH
🔗 go.nasa.gov/4fUqmiO
🔗 go.nasa.gov/4fUqmiO
#readandplay (104)
#MusicChallenge
Posted this one before but it's just a great song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXPe...
#MusicChallenge
Posted this one before but it's just a great song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXPe...
September 13, 2024 at 2:36 PM
#readandplay (104)
#MusicChallenge
Posted this one before but it's just a great song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXPe...
#MusicChallenge
Posted this one before but it's just a great song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXPe...
this is a new image of the remnants of a star that exploded thousands of years ago and left its mark on the universe 🌌
March 25, 2026 at 5:09 PM
this is a new image of the remnants of a star that exploded thousands of years ago and left its mark on the universe 🌌
The image combines visible light from the Hubble Space Telescope in red and blue with X-ray light from the Chandra X-ray Observatory shown in white, and diffuse X-ray emission detected by Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) in diffuse purple. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, ASI, Hubble, Chandra, IXPE
November 18, 2024 at 6:17 PM
The image combines visible light from the Hubble Space Telescope in red and blue with X-ray light from the Chandra X-ray Observatory shown in white, and diffuse X-ray emission detected by Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) in diffuse purple. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, ASI, Hubble, Chandra, IXPE
To understand the supernova remnant, almost all telescopes are pointed at the Crab Nebula. Only NASA's IXPE studies X-ray polarization, a measure of the electromagnetic field. The Crab Nebula is bright in X-rays, and polarization reveals the direction and order of the magnetic field.
March 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
To understand the supernova remnant, almost all telescopes are pointed at the Crab Nebula. Only NASA's IXPE studies X-ray polarization, a measure of the electromagnetic field. The Crab Nebula is bright in X-rays, and polarization reveals the direction and order of the magnetic field.
Merci beaucoup à @rtbf.bsky.social IXPE pour ce joli portrait de ce que je fais à FORJ. Portrait qui en 3 minutes arrive à présenter le volet Jeunesse et éducatif de mon travail.
www.rtbf.be/article/for-...
www.rtbf.be/article/for-...
FOr’J, utiliser le jeu vidéo comme outil éducatif dans les maisons de jeunes et à l’école
RTBF iXPé met en avant les associations belges qui travaillent avec le jeu vidéo. Aujourd’hui, FOr’J, un réseau de...
www.rtbf.be
November 15, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Merci beaucoup à @rtbf.bsky.social IXPE pour ce joli portrait de ce que je fais à FORJ. Portrait qui en 3 minutes arrive à présenter le volet Jeunesse et éducatif de mon travail.
www.rtbf.be/article/for-...
www.rtbf.be/article/for-...
NASA X-ray Telescopes Reveal the “Bones” of a Ghostly Cosmic Hand - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2pdcwhf
April 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NASA X-ray Telescopes Reveal the “Bones” of a Ghostly Cosmic Hand - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2pdcwhf