THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT.
NASA received the first scientific data from the IXPE X-ray Space Telescope, launched on Dec. 9.
The astrophysical laboratory studied the supernova remnant of the massive star Cassiopeia A. It is located at a distance of 11 thousand light years from Earth, the light from the explosion reached us about 330 years ago.
Now scientists have been able to build a map of the object’s X-ray intensity, according to NASA’s website. The saturation of the magenta color in the image corresponds to the intensity of the X-ray radiation recorded by the instruments.
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: https://t.co/Y9R8RPv2Pa pic.twitter.com/f0nj4BIEvn
— NASA (@NASA) February 14, 2022
The IXPE telescope can study polarized X-rays from black holes, neutron stars and pulsars. With the help of the observatory, scientists will be able to understand how black hole jets are formed and why pulsars shine so brightly.
Source: Rosbalt
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