MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Space is filled with interesting phenomena we don't fully understand, but NASA is launching a mission early Thursday morning that hopes to make a dent in that by studying some of ...

NASA launched its latest mission this week: A space-based observatory that will use X-ray instruments to study phenomena such as black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry ...

An artist’s conception shows the accretion disk around an active black hole. (NASA Illustration) NASA is committing $188 million to build and launch a space telescope to observe patterns in the X-ray ...

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, the first satellite dedicated to measuring the polarization of ...

The universe is full of mysteries, and one of its most captivating phenomena is the existence of supermassive black holes that produce powerful jets of high-energy particles, creating sources of ...

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has produced a detailed map of the magnetic field of the Crab Nebula. The Crab Nebula is a cosmic object located 6,500 light-years away, resulting from ...

NASA's newly-launched X-ray hunting probe has snapped its first science image and — wow — it's spectacular. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) probe launched Dec. 9, 2021, on a mission to ...

On Monday, NASA released the first science images from its new Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE. A look at the Cassiopeia A supernova — the bright remnants of a star that exploded in space ...

NASA's black hole-probing IXPE spacecraft has successfully been deployed in space, and videos of the launch are available to watch online. The spacecraft was blasted into space on board a SpaceX ...

On Thursday morning, NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) successfully launched into space on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The two-year mission, a joint effort with the Italian Space ...