The Manatee Nebula. (Image Credit: ). Subscribe to Notifications Subscribe to Notifications Stephenson and Sanduleak 433 or SS 433 is a strange system identified in the late 1970s, consisting of a black hole vampirically feeding on a binary stellar companion. The black hole is messily feeding on the material from …
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to usher in the New Year, with the launch of its first polarimetry mission XPoSat likely on January 1, according to persons in the know of the matter. It will become the country’s third space-based observatory after the recently launched solar mission Aditya-L1 and AstroSat launched in 2015. …
Launched in December 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a significant astronomical instrument orbiting Earth, studying X-ray emissions from cosmic phenomena like quasars, blazars, and black holes. Its findings have been pivotal in solving long-standing cosmic mysteries, such as the acceleration processes in blazars and the activity of supernova remnants. Credit: NASA IXPE, …