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Season 5, Episode 19: A New Set of X-Ray Eyes is Launching

Season 5, Episode 19: A New Set of X-Ray Eyes is Launching

Update: 2021-12-03
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NASA is about to launch a new spacecraft to look at the universe in X-ray light. The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer, IXPE, will look at extreme objects such as black holes, neutron stars, and supernovae, asking fundamental questions about how high-energy light gets produced.
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Season 5, Episode 19: A New Set of X-Ray Eyes is Launching

Season 5, Episode 19: A New Set of X-Ray Eyes is Launching

Gary Daines