#NASA's #IXPE fires up #astronomers with new #blazar findings

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-nasa-ixpe-astronomers-blazar.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Beethoven wasn’t the only one with dramatic flair 200 years ago—Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, may have also composed an intense flare as it consumed nearby material.

Tune in for #IXPE and @ChandraXray’s sonification: http://go.nasa.gov/46da7rL
#NASA

Lunedì per #SpaceViews parleremo di #IXPE, osservatorio spaziale ai raggi X con Riccardo Ferrazzoli, ricercatore INAF che lavora proprio su questa missione. Appuntamento lunedì 13 marzo alle 21, non mancate! Per impostare il promemoria: https://youtube.com/live/JzUf5ERFE8Y

X-ray polarimetry reveals the magnetic field topology on sub-parsec scales in Tycho's supernova remnant: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.07397 -> NASA’s #IXPE Unlocks Mysteries of Historic #Tycho #Supernova: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ixpe/feature/nasa-s-ixpe-unlocks-mysteries-of-historic-tycho-supernova.html

NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Unlocks Mysteries of Historic Tycho Supernova

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ixpe/feature/nasa-s-ixpe-unlocks-mysteries-of-historic-tycho-supernova.html

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#astronomy #space #science #news #stargazing #NASA #IXPE #Chandra

Image: X-ray (IXPE: NASA/ASI/MSFC/INAF/R. Ferrazzoli, et al.), (Chandra: NASA/CXC/RIKEN & GSFC/T. Sato et al.) Optical: DSS Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, L.Frattare & N.Wolk

#astronomy #supernova #TychoSupernova #IXPE #NASA

An article to be published in "The Astrophysical Journal" reports a study on Tycho supernova remnants which offers new information on the geometry of its magnetic fields. A team of astronomers led by Riccardo Ferrazzoli of the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics used observations conducted with the IXPE space telescope to examine the polarized X-rays emitted by these supernova remnants.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2023/03/01/a-mapping-of-the-magnetic-fields-in-tycho-supernova-remnants/

"#IXPE Quickly Observes Aftermath of Exceptional Cosmic Blast" by NASA Marshall - Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)🛰️ participated in worldwide telescope🔭 rush to observe record gamma ray burst GRB 221009A https://blogs.nasa.gov/ixpe/2022/12/22/ixpe-quickly-observes-aftermath-of-exceptional-cosmic-blast/ #NASA #astronomy

#IXPE ha 'fotografato' il campo magnetico del vento prodotto dalla pulsar #Vela, la stella di neutroni formatasi dall'esplosione di una supernova più di 10mila anni fa. Il suo campo magnetico è sorprendentemente ordinato. I risultati oggi su @nature #Space

#IXPE ha 'fotografato' il campo magnetico del vento prodotto dalla pulsar #Vela, la stella di neutroni formatasi dall'esplosione di una supernova più di 10mila anni fa. Il suo campo magnetico è sorprendentemente ordinato. I risultati oggi su @nature #Space

Come riesce il buco nero supermassivo del blazar Mrk501 a lanciare un getto di particelle quasi alla velocità della luce? La risposta arriva dalla luce polarizzata nei raggi X osservata dal satellite #ASI e @nasa #IXPE! Su @Nature https://t.co/WWvORembjt https://t.co/qatMD61zCt https://rdcu.be/c0gsH
#astronomy #Astrodon

#astronomy #IXPE #blazar #Markarian501

An article published in the journal "Nature" reports a study on the blazar Markarian 501, or simply MRK 501, which offers an explanation for the jets of particles emitted at speeds close to the speed of light. A team of researchers used NASA's IXPE space telescope to study Markarian 501 and concluded that shock waves within the jets were the most likely explanation.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/11/25/observations-of-the-blazar-markarian-501-led-to-an-explanation-for-the-jets-emitted-at-speeds-close-to-the-speed-of-light/

#astronomy #IXPE #blazar #Markarian501

An article published in the journal "Nature" reports a study on the blazar Markarian 501, or simply MRK 501, which offers an explanation for the jets of particles emitted at speeds close to the speed of light. A team of researchers used NASA's IXPE space telescope to study Markarian 501 and concluded that shock waves within the jets were the most likely explanation.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/11/25/observations-of-the-blazar-markarian-501-led-to-an-explanation-for-the-jets-emitted-at-speeds-close-to-the-speed-of-light/

#NASA's #IXPE helps solve #blackhole #jet mystery - Some of the brightest objects in the sky are called #blazars. A blazar is especially bright because one of its powerful jets of high-#speed #particles points straight at #Earth. For decades, #scientists have wondered: How do particles in these jets get accelerated to such high #energies?

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-nasa-ixpe-black-hole-jet.html

IXPE rivela segreti sulla polarizzazione e le caratteristiche di stelle del tipo “magnetar”
#14Novembre #AgenzieSpaziali #Astronomiaeastrofisica #Fisica #NASA #News #IXPE #magnetar #magnetarraggiX #Nasa #Stelledineutroni https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXN0cm9zcGFjZS5pdC8yMDIyLzExLzE0L2l4cGUtcml2ZWxhLXNlZ3JldGktc3VsbGEtcG9sYXJpenphemlvbmUtZS1sZS1jYXJhdHRlcmlzdGljaGUtZGktc3RlbGxlLWRlbC10aXBvLW1hZ25ldGFyLw==.html

Ein #Magnetar hat wahrscheinlich eine feste #Oberfläche

https://www.astropage.eu/2022/11/10/ein-magnetar-hat-wahrscheinlich-eine-feste-oberflaeche/

#Neutronenstern, #Magnetfeld, #IXPE, #Polarisation, #Röntgenstrahlung, #Licht

The aftermath of a supernova has been mapped and measured in a new way, using our Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). With #IXPE data, scientists can “reverse engineer” what’s happening inside the remnant of this massive stellar explosion: go.nasa.gov/3TdZQV1 pic.twitter.com/IED0B0ZPqD https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1582461822308958210

This week at NASA, we celebrate @NASAPersevere’s first landiversary, admire new X-ray images from #IXPE, and prepare for the next @NorthropGrumman resupply mission to the @SpaceStation. Delve into the details: go.nasa.gov/3BF3E9Z pic.twitter.com/QFmsyg6BwW https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1494829545630932995

Nancy Atkinson - The First Image From NASA’s new X-ray Observatory:

https://www.universetoday.com/154556/the-first-image-from-nasas-new-x-ray-observatory/#more-154556

#Polarimetry #IXPE #Supernova #SupernovaRemnant #Cassiopeia #CassiopeiaA #XRays #Chandra #NASA #Astronomy #Cosmology

Our #IXPE observatory sent back its first science image: Cassiopeia A—the remains of a star that exploded 11,000 light-years from Earth. The supernova remnant is seen here in X-ray data from IXPE and @ChandraXray: go.nasa.gov/3HP69J9 pic.twitter.com/f0nj4BIEvn https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1493352575105703939

"One thing is certain: we can expect the unexpected."

After launching into orbit last month, our #IXPE observatory is taking its first look at the polarized X-rays of our universe—starting with the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A: https://go.nasa.gov/3tnxmhA