[ad_1] The blazar BL Lacertae, a giant black hole with jets, facing the earth, have made scientists curious about how X-rays are generated in such extreme conditions for a while. NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer or IXPE now might have been able to solve the mystery. By a collaboration with radio and optical telescopes and…
[ad_1] SRIHARIKOTA: India is the second country after the US to launch a satellite to study X-ray polarisation. The Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday launched XPoSat — India’s first dedicated scientific satellite for carrying out research in space-based polarisation measurements of X-ray emissions from celestial objects, including black holes.After the successful launch, Isro’s Liquid…
[ad_1] After the historic success of its Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) on the first day of 2024 to investigate the intense polarisation of X-ray sources in space. Through the XPoSat mission, astronomers will try to understand how the X-rays work…
