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IXPE will study changes in the polarization of X-ray light through some of the universe’s most extreme sources, including black holes, dead stars known as pulsars, and more. Polarization contains clues to what those environments are like and helps scientists better understand these mysterious phenomena.
IXPE is NASA’s first mission dedicated to measuring X-ray polarization.
NASA selected IXPE as a Small Explorer mission in 2017. The IXPE project is a collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama manages the IXPE mission. Ball Aerospace, headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, manages spacecraft operations with support from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the Explorers Program for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.Relevante Bilder
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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry ExplorerDer Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), auch als Explorer 97 oder SMEX 14 bekannt, ist ein Weltraumteleskop, das in Zusammenarbeit von Agenzia Spaziale Italiana und NASA konstruiert wurde. Es besteht aus drei Teleskopen, welche die Polarisation der kosmischen Röntgenstrahlung messen sollen. .. weiterlesen