NASA’s Chandra Reveals Star’s Inner Conflict Before Explosion The inside of a star turned on itself before it spectacularly exploded, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Today, this shattered star, known as the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, is one of the best-known, well-studied objects in the sky. Over three hundred years ago, however, it was a giant star on […] The post NASA’s Chandra Reveals Star’s Inner Conflict Before Explosion first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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X-ray and Radio go ‘Hand in Hand’ in New Image In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a pulsar and its surrounding nebula that is shaped like a hand. Since then, astronomers have used Chandra and other telescopes to continue to observe this object. Now, new radio data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), has been combined with Chandra’s X-ray data […] The post X-ray and Radio go ‘Hand in Hand’ in New Image first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA IXPE’s ‘Heartbeat Black Hole’ Measurements Challenge Current Theories Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our understanding of what happens to matter in the direct vicinity of a black hole. With IXPE, astronomers can study incoming X-rays and measure the polarization, a property of light that describes the direction of its electric […] The post NASA IXPE’s ‘Heartbeat Black Hole’ Measurements Challenge Current Theories first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA’s IXPE Imager Reveals Mysteries of Rare Pulsar An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact with surrounding matter deep in the cosmos, using observations from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) and other telescopes.  Scientists based in the U.S., Italy, and Spain, set their sights on a mysterious cosmic duo called PSR J1023+0038, […] The post NASA’s IXPE Imager Reveals Mysteries of Rare Pulsar first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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Eccentric ‘Star’ Defies Easy Explanation, NASA’s Chandra Finds Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving fresh clues about the origin of a new class of mysterious objects. As described in our press release, a team of astronomers combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the SKA [Square Kilometer Array] Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope on Wajarri Country in […] The post Eccentric ‘Star’ Defies Easy Explanation, NASA’s Chandra Finds first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: How are X-rays generated in extreme environments like this? NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) collaborated with radio and optical telescopes to find answers. The results […] The post NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA’s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic “Bone” Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic “bone” in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes. The bone appears to have been struck by a fast-moving, rapidly spinning neutron star, or pulsar. Neutron stars are the densest known stars and form from the collapse and explosion of massive stars. They […] The post NASA’s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic “Bone” first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA’s Chandra Releases New 3D Models of Cosmic Objects New three-dimensional (3D) models of objects in space have been released by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. These 3D models allow people to explore — and print — examples of stars in the early and end stages of their lives. They also provide scientists with new avenues to investigate scientific questions and find insights about the […] The post NASA’s Chandra Releases New 3D Models of Cosmic Objects first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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Understanding Cosmic Explosions: StarBurst Arrives at NASA for Testing StarBurst, a wide-field gamma ray observatory, arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, March 4 for environmental testing and final instrument integration. The instrument is designed to detect the initial emission of short gamma-ray bursts, a key electromagnetic indicator of neutron star mergers. “Gamma-ray bursts are among the most powerful explosions in […] The post Understanding Cosmic Explosions: StarBurst Arrives at NASA for Testing first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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