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 […]
Published by NASA on 08/12/2025
