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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) [1]

['Beth Ridgeway']

Date: 2025-06 

IXPE is NASA’s first mission to study the polarization of X-rays from many different types of celestial objects.

IXPE builds on the discoveries of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other space telescopes by measuring the amount and direction of polarization of X-ray light.

IXPE’s polarization measurements will help scientists answer questions such as why black holes spin, how do pulsars shine so brightly in X-rays, and what powers the jets of energetic particles that are ejected from the region around the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.

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[1] Url: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/imaging-x-ray-polarimetry-explorer-ixpe/

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