Science Projects
The dedicated team at the Science Projects Branch provides oversight and support to numerous, cutting-edge, research projects and science teams across the Division. In addition to the projects listed below, they also manage the Chandra X-ray Observatory Program.
Earth Science
- SERVIR
Astrophysics
- Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
- Lynx X-ray Observatory
Optical Telescopes
- Predictive Thermal Control (PTC)
- Segmented Mirror Technology Program (SMPT)
Heliophysics
- Full sun Ultraviolet Rocket Spectrometer (FURST),
- Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer, (MaGIXS)
- Hinode
- Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task (SPORT)
- Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter (CLASP)
- Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter (CLASP 2)
- High-Resolution Coronal imager (Hi-C) Flare
Four composite images of two galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster have been released featuring data combined from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope. Each image combines Chandra’s X-ray data with infrared data from previously released …
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On 5/10/23, Astrophysical Journal Letters published “X-Ray Polarization of BL Lacertae in Outburst” by Abel L. Peirson et al. This is the 21st discovery paper published by the IXPE Science Team. Two additional “discovery papers” have been published by authors …
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Featured in Nature Astronomy Read More »
A real-time procedure was successfully executed on 5/18/23 to uplink a flight software patch that updates the Aspect Camera Assembly (ACA) Processor Electronics Assembly (PEA) to enable on-board dark current subtraction using a dynamically generated dark current map. This substantially …
There is an “H”-shaped structure outlined in the hot gas in the galaxy Messier 84 (M84). Jets from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy have created cavities in the hot in opposite directions. X-ray data from …
The galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) shines bright in an image combining data from multiple observatories. In the center of this galaxy is a supermassive black hole feeding off the gas and dust encircling it, and large jets of high-energy …
Centaurus A Shines in New Image from NASA’s Chandra and IXPE Read More »