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.
On 9/6/23, Marshall’s Chandra X-ray Observatory team supported the “Education Day” game for the Rocket City Trash Pandas, Huntsville’s minor league baseball team. The team shared information about Chandra and high energy astrophysics and handed out Chandra bookmarks and activity …
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Glowbug has reported detections of four gamma-ray bursts via the General Coordinates Network. Glowbug is a NASA-funded gamma-ray telescope that is operating on the International Space Station. Glowbug is operated by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory with ground data analysis …
First Gamma-ray Burst Detections with Glowbug Reported to the Community Read More »
On 10/9/22, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) detected the brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen. National Geographic interviewed GBM graduate student Stephen Lesage (UAH), who was on GBM burst advocate duty when the burst occurred, GBM team member Eric Burns …
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Daniel Kocevski (ST12), Stephen Lesage (UAH), and Sarah Dalessi (UAH) presented invited talks at a conference held in Warrington, VA on behalf of Marshall Space Flight Center’s (MSFC’s) Relativistic Astrophysics Team. Kocevski presented on the status of the StarBurst and …
On 8/25/23, the Astrophysical Journal published online “IXPE and XMM-Newton Observations of the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1806-20” by Roberto Turolla al. On 9/1/23, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society published online “The X-ray polarization of the Seyfert 1 …
Latest Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Discovery Papers and News Read More »