On 12/18/23, Astrophysical Journal published online “First X-ray Polarization Measurement Confirms the Low Black-Hole Spin in LMC X-3” by Jiří Svoboda et al. On 1/5/24, Astrophysical Journal Letters published online “Highly Significant Detection of X-ray Polarization from the Brightest Accreting …
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The first space-based observatory designed to detect gravitational waves has passed a major review and will proceed to the construction of flight hardware. On 1/25/24, ESA (European Space Agency), announced the formal adoption of LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, …
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Colleen Wilson-Hodge was elected by her peers to the role of Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee (EC) for the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). This role will automatically transition into the Chair role after …
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The High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded the 2024 Bruno Rossi Prize to retired NASA astrophysicist Martin Weisskopf (ST12 Emeritus), Italian Space Agency principal investigator Paolo Soffitta, and their team for development of …
Since 2020, the “sonification” project at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Center has translated the digital data taken by telescopes into notes and sounds. This process allows the listener to experience the data through the sense of hearing instead of seeing it …
A group of dead stars known as “spider pulsars” are obliterating companion stars within their reach. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of the globular cluster Omega Centauri is helping astronomers understand how these spider pulsars prey on their stellar …
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Congratulations to our IXPE Team as we mark the second anniversary of the IXPE launch. See IXPE Launch Team in image below. Read more about IXPE’s groundbreaking X-ray astronomy discoveries at: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/nasas-ixpe-marks-two-years-of-groundbreaking-x-ray-astronomy/. In more recent IXPE news, results of the …
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On 11/16/23, Astrophysical Journal Letters published online “The First X-ray Polarization Observation of the Black Hole X-ray Binary 4U 1630–47 in the Steep Power-law State” by Nicole Rodriguez Cavero et al. : On 11/21/23, Astrophysical Journal Letters published online “Discovery …
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory Program conducted its Quarterly Review of mission status on 11/15/23 at the Chandra Operations Control Center in Burlington, MA. Several members of the Chandra team from MSFC attended in-person. The team reviewed talks on the overall …
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NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) telescope has captured the first polarized X-ray imagery of the supernova remnant SN 1006. Situated some 6,500 light-years from Earth in the Lupus constellation, SN 1006 is all that remains after a titanic explosion, …
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