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January 24th, 2024
Only four days after the explosion, NuSTAR observed the nearby core-collapse supernova SN2023ixf in M101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. The NuSTAR X-ray data (green) shows the X-ray detection...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
June 8th, 2023
Gamma-Ray Burst Jet Illustration
A jet of particles pierces a star as it collapses into a black hole during a typical gamma-ray burst, as depicted in this artist’s concept. The jet created by gamma-ray burst 221009A had some...
April 6th, 2023
Ultra-luminous X-ray Source with Magnetic Fields
In this illustration of an ultra-luminous X-ray source, two rivers of hot gas are pulled onto the surface of a neutron star. Strong magnetic fields, shown in green, may change the interaction of...
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star
April 6th, 2023
In this illustration of an ultra-luminous X-ray source, two rivers of hot gas are pulled onto the surface of a neutron star. Strong magnetic fields, may change the interaction of matter and light...
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star
December 20th, 2022
A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration. Some of the gas came from a star that was pulled apart by the black hole, forming the long stream of hot gas on the right, feeding...
June 9th, 2022
NuSTAR Celebrates 10 Years of Operations
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, complements NASAs other astrophysics missions studying the universe in various spectra by observing the cosmos in high energy X-rays.
The...
Mission Graphics
June 7th, 2022
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is the first focusing hard X-ray (>10 keV) satellite in orbit, and is providing unprecedented data on energetic phenomena ranging from the solar...
August 21st, 2020
Hard X-ray Observations of the Pulsar Wind Nebula G11.2-0.3
NuSTAR resolves the Galactic pulsar wind nebula G11.2-0.3 into a shell of high-energy emission (3--35 keV) surrounding a bright source at the center associated with the pulsar. The shell emits due...
Nebula
June 24th, 2020
Particle Acceleration in the 30 Doradus C Superbubble
High-energy (3--20 keV) X-rays observed by NuSTAR originating from the complete shell of the superbubble 30 Doradus C in the Large Magellanic Cloud (green), superposed on low-energy X-rays (0.5--2...
Nebula
June 17th, 2020
This illustration shows magnetic field lines protruding from a highly magnetic neutron star, or a dense nugget left over after a star goes supernova and explodes. Known as magnetars, these objects...
May 22nd, 2020
Artists concept of a neutron star (the bright white star) surrounded by an accretion disk of material that it has stripped of its low-mass companion star (top left). This material shines in X-rays...
Star > Grouping > Binary
September 4th, 2019
NASA Telescope Spots Mystery in Fireworks Galaxy
This visible-light image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946) comes from the Digital Sky Survey and is overlaid with data from NASA's NuSTAR observatory (shown in blue and green). Blue light...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
February 20th, 2019
Bright green sources of high-energy X-ray light captured by NASA's NuSTAR mission are overlaid on an optical-light image of the Whirlpool galaxy (the spiral in the center of the image) and its...
July 3rd, 2018
Eta Carinae shines in X-rays in this image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The colors indicate different energies. Red spans 300 to 1,000 electron volts (eV), green ranges from 1,000 to...
October 30th, 2017
This artist's concept shows a black hole with an accretion disk -- a flat structure of material orbiting the black hole - and a jet of hot gas, called plasma.
Using NASA's NuSTAR space telescope...
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Black Hole
May 9th, 2017
Growing Supermassive Black Holes
This illustration compares growing supermassive black holes in two different kinds of galaxies. A growing supermassive black hole in a normal galaxy would have a donut-shaped structure of gas and...
March 23rd, 2017
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscope Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has identified a candidate pulsar in Andromeda -- the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way. This likely pulsar is brighter at high energies...
January 31st, 2017
These four images show an artist's impression of gas accreting onto the neutron star in the binary system MXB 1730-335, also known as the "Rapid Burster."
In such a binary system, the...
January 24th, 2017
This visible-light image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, center, where astronomers observed the unusual supernova SN 2014C .
The inset images are from NASA's...
January 24th, 2017
This image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, center, in a three-color X-ray image. Red, green and blue colors are used for low, medium and high-energy X-rays,...
January 24th, 2017
Supernova SN 2014C (X-ray) (Annotated)
This image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, center, in a three-color X-ray image. Red, green and blue colors are used for low, medium and high-energy X-rays,...
January 7th, 2017
Galaxy IC 3639 with Obscured Active Galactic Nucleus
IC 3639, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus, is seen in this image combining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory.
This galaxy contains an example of a...
January 7th, 2017
Galaxy NGC 1448 with Active Galactic Nucleus
NGC 1448, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus, is seen in this image combining data from the Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey in the optical range and NuSTAR in the X-ray range.
This galaxy...
July 28th, 2016
The blue dots in this field of galaxies, known as the COSMOS field, show galaxies that contain supermassive black holes emitting high-energy X-rays. The black holes were detected by NASA's Nuclear...
July 12th, 2016
Black Hole with 'Wobbling' Disk
This artist's impression depicts the accretion disc surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the disc precesses. "Precession" means that the orbit of material surrounding the black...
January 5th, 2016
Andromeda in High-Energy X-rays
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscope Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has imaged a swath of the Andromeda galaxy -- the nearest large galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy.
NuSTAR's view (inset) shows high-energy...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
January 5th, 2016
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscope Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has imaged a swath of the Andromeda galaxy -- the nearest large galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy.
NuSTAR's view of Andromeda shows...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
December 17th, 2015
Artist illustration of a supermassive black hole. This active black hole is one of the most obscured known, meaning that it is surrounded by extremely thick clouds of gas and dust.
The NuSTAR...
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole
December 17th, 2015
NuSTAR's View of Galaxy NGC 1068
Galaxy NGC 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are overlaid on...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
December 17th, 2015
Hidden Lair at the Heart of Galaxy NGC 1068
Galaxy NGC 1068 can be seen in close-up in this view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. NuSTAR's high-energy X-rays eyes were able to obtain the best view yet into the hidden lair of the galaxy's...
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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