NASA Telescope Launching This Week Will Study Some of the Universe's Most Violent Objects
http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-ixpe-launch-telescope-study-universe-most-violent-objects-black-hole-neutron-star-1656339
NASA is preparing the launch of a new X-ray telescope that will search the Universe making observations of some of its most powerful and violent objects and events, such as neutron stars and black holes.
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft is scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday after 1 a.m. (EDT). Live coverage of the launch will begin on the space agency's website and social media platforms on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.
NASA Telescope Launching This Week Will Study Some of the Universe's Most Violent Objects
Dec 6, 2021, 5:36pm UTC
http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-ixpe-launch-telescope-study-universe-most-violent-objects-black-hole-neutron-star-1656339
> NASA is preparing the launch of a new X-ray telescope that will search the Universe making observations of some of its most powerful and violent objects and events, such as neutron stars and black holes.
> The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft is scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday after 1 a.m. (EDT). Live coverage of the launch will begin on the space agency's website and social media platforms on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.