Astrophysics Branch
Marshall Space Flight Center's Astrophysics Branch uses space and ground-based observatories to peer back to the earliest epochs of the universe, unravel its mysteries, and study the most violent explosions in our galaxy and beyond. Our goal is to help discover how the universe works, explore how it began and evolved, and search for life on planets around other stars.
Nicholas Thomas (ST12/LEXI Co-Investigator), Wayne Baumgartner (ST12), and Stephen Cheney (ES23) hosted and participated in the successful, full telescope, calibration of the LEXI at the Marshall 100-Meter X-ray Beamline/Stray Light Test Facility. LEXI’s Principle Investigator, Boston University’s Professor Brian Walsh, …
The Advanced Neutron Spectrometer on the ISS (ANS-ISS) completed neutron measurements in Node2 and was relocated to the USLab. Operations in the USLab will continue through May 2023. These operations will complete the primary and secondary objectives of this TechDemo …
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On 6/2/22, a Chandra Public Outreach product entitled “Explore Black Holes with Multiple Senses” was featured in the NASA STEM Newsletter. This newsletter was sent to 56,842 subscribers and shared with the office of STEM engagements social media tools with …
Chandra issued an image release and press release on 5/12/22, “Sagittarius A*: NASA Telescopes Support Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in Studying Milky Way’s Black Hole.” Multiple telescopes, including Chandra, observed the Milky Way’s giant black hole simultaneously with the Event …
Chandra issued an image release on 5/4/22, “New NASA Black Hole Sonification’s with a Remix”. Two new sonification’s of well-known black holes have been released for NASA’s Black Hole Week. The Perseus galaxy cluster was made famous because of sound …