Astronomers studying a rare neutron star system have uncovered a surprising source of powerful X-rays. Using NASA s IXPE telescope and data from other observatories, an international team found that ...

An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact ...

An international team of astronomers has gained new understanding of some of the densest objects in the universe and where ...

Observations of a pulsar, consisting of a dead star spinning 600 times a second, and feasting on a stellar companion reveal ...

With the help of NASA ‘s newest X-ray telescope, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), researchers at Stanford University have given us a whole new view of pulsar PSR B1509-58 and its ...

NASA's IXPE just produced the first-ever X-ray polarization data of the Vela pulsar wind nebula.

NASA's Earth-orbiting IXPE satellite, which launched on Dec. 9, 2021, has helped to unravel the pulsar's chaotic surroundings, which were previously not well understood.

But now, a collaborative team has integrated observations from Chandra with new data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), providing novel insights into the nebula that eerily ...