Season 5, Episode 19: A New Set of X-Ray Eyes is Launching
3 Dec 2021, 19:16 GMT
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/gravity-assist/gravity-assist-a-new-set-of-x-ray-eyes-is-launching-with-martin-weisskopf/
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.