Tag: NuSTAR
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NuSTAR and NICER observe same radio burst, provide hints into nature of phenomenon
For decades, astronomers have been puzzled by the detection of random, mysterious radio bursts that seemingly originate from deep space. Recently, a team announced the detection of another one of these puzzling radio bursts, which was observed by two NASA X-ray telescopes — the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) and Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array…
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Astronomers witness unprecedented corona formation, evolution around black hole
With help from NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescopic Array (NuSTAR) X-ray telescope, a group of researchers recently bore unusually close witness to the formation and evolution of an unexpected corona around a supermassive black hole as it destroyed a star that had passed too close to it. The event, located 250 million light years from Earth,…
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NuSTAR discovers brilliant ‘mighty mouse’ pulsar
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION A rare and mighty pulsar (pink) can be seen at the center of the galaxy Messier 82 in this new multi-wavelength portrait. NASA’s NuSTAR mission discovered the “pulse” of the pulsar — a type of dead star — using is high-energy X-ray vision. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A…
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Orbital’s Pegasus successfully launches NASA’s NuSTAR spacecraft
Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched NASA’s NuSTAR spacecraft Thursday. The spacecraft was deployed by a Pegasus-XL carrier rocket dropped from an aircraft flying from the Bucholz Army Airfield in Kwajalein Atoll. Launch came 30 minutes into a four hour window, resulting in a T-0 of 04:00 local time (16:00 UTC on Wednesday). Pegasus Mission: NuSTAR,…