The breakthrough study made use of IXPE's unique X-ray polarization feature.

NASA has finally peered into the heart of a white dwarf system in a way astronomers have been chasing for decades, turning a ...

Using NASA’s IXPE, astronomers captured an unprecedented view of a white dwarf star actively feeding on material from a companion. The data revealed giant columns of ultra-hot gas shaped by the star’s ...

NASA’s IXPE has peered into a nearby white dwarf system, revealing towering X-ray emitting gas columns and hidden stellar ...

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — NASA awarded a launch contract to SpaceX July 8 for the launch of a small astrophysics mission as the company offered a Falcon 9 at a lower price than a much smaller rocket. NASA ...

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 ...

This artist's concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk.

A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist’s concept ...