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October 27th, 2015
Shifting Coronas Around Black Holes
A supermassive black hole is depicted in this artist's concept, surrounded by a swirling disk of material falling into it. The purplish ball of light above the black hole, a feature called the...
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole
October 27th, 2015
The Anatomy of a Black Hole Flare
This diagram shows how a shifting feature, called a corona, can create a flare of X-rays around a black hole. The corona (feature represented in purplish colors) gathers inward (left), becoming...
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole
July 8th, 2015
Flaring, active regions of our sun are highlighted in this new image combining observations from several telescopes. High-energy X-rays from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)...
Star
July 6th, 2015
NuSTAR Seeks Hidden Black Holes
Left: A color image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of one of the nine galaxies targeted by NuSTAR in search of hidden black holes.
Right: An artist's illustration of a supermassive black hole,...
May 7th, 2015
The plot of data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR (right), amounts to a "smoking gun" of evidence in the mystery of how massive stars explode. The observations indicate...
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
May 7th, 2015
Supernova SN 1987A, one of the brightest stellar explosions since the invention of the telescope more than 400 years ago, is no stranger to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The observatory has...
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova
April 29th, 2015
Extra X-rays at the Hub of our Milky Way Galaxy
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured a new high-energy X-ray view (magenta) of the bustling center of our Milky Way galaxy. The smaller circle shows the area where...
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Protostar
April 29th, 2015
High-Energy X-rays Fill Center of our Galaxy
This picture from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, NuSTAR, shows the very center of our Milky Way galaxy. The intense light near the center of the X-ray picture is coming from a...
Galaxy > Component > Center/Core
February 19th, 2015
Supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies blast radiation and ultra-fast winds outward, as illustrated in this artist's conception. New data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope...
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar
February 19th, 2015
The Answer Is Blowing in the Black Hole Wind
This plot of data from two space telescopes, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the European Space Agency's (ESA's) XMM-Newton determines for the first time the shape of...
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar
January 8th, 2015
The real monster black hole is revealed in this new image from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array of colliding galaxies Arp 299. In the center panel, the NuSTAR high-energy X-ray data...
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
January 8th, 2015
Tale of Two Black Holes [X-ray]
The real monster black hole is revealed in this new image from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array of colliding galaxies Arp 299. This image shows the NuSTAR data alone.
Before NuSTAR,...
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
January 8th, 2015
Tale of Two Black Holes [Xray + Visible]
The real monster black hole is revealed in this new image from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array of colliding galaxies Arp 299. In this image, the NuSTAR high-energy X-ray data appear in...
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
December 22nd, 2014
Sun Shines in High-Energy X-rays
X-rays stream off the sun in this image showing observations from by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, overlaid on a picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)....
Star > Feature > Corona > Prominence
December 22nd, 2014
Sun Shines in High-Energy X-rays (full view)
X-rays stream off the sun in this image showing observations from by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, overlaid on a picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)....
Star > Feature > Corona > Prominence
October 8th, 2014
Mass Chart for Dead Stars and Black Holes
This chart illustrates the relative masses of super-dense cosmic objects, ranging from white dwarfs to the supermassive black holes encased in the cores of most galaxies. The first three "dead"...
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star
October 8th, 2014
NuSTAR Finds a Pulse in Cigar Galaxy
High-energy X-rays streaming from a rare and mighty pulsar (magenta), the brightest found to date, can be seen in this new image combining multi-wavelength data from three telescopes. The bulk of a...
Galaxy > Type > Irregular
October 8th, 2014
Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in M82 Galaxy
This image shows the core of galaxy Messier 82 (M82), where two ultraluminous X-ray sources, or ULXs, reside (X-1 and X-2). ULXs are regions that shine intensely with X-rays. Astronomers previously...
Galaxy > Type > Irregular
October 8th, 2014
NuSTAR Finds a Pulse in Cigar Galaxy
High-energy X-rays streaming from a rare and mighty pulsar (magenta), the brightest found to date, can be seen in this new image combining multi-wavelength data from three telescopes. The bulk of a...
Galaxy > Type > Irregular
October 8th, 2014
The galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is seen here in two different lights. A visible-light view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is at left, and an X-ray view from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is at...
September 16th, 2014
Powerful, Pulsating Core of Star
The blue dot in this image marks the spot of an energetic pulsar -- the magnetic, spinning core of star that blew up in a supernova explosion. NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or...
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star > Pulsar
August 12th, 2014
Big, Spinning Black Hole Blurs Light
This plot of data captured by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shows X-ray light streaming from regions near a supermassive black hole known as Markarian 335. The light is...
February 19th, 2014
Adding a New "Color" to Palate of Cassiopeia A Images
Elements making up the shredded remains of a massive star that exploded in a supernova are highlighted in this three-panel view. Red and green show iron, and both silicon and magnesium,...
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
February 19th, 2014
NuSTAR Data Point to Sloshing Supernovas
How massive stars blow up in powerful explosions called supernovas remains a mystery. Theorists have come up with computer simulations to try to recreate what happens, but it's not clear which...
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
February 19th, 2014
The Case of Missing Iron in Cassiopeia A
When astronomers first looked at images of a supernova remnant called Cassiopeia A, captured by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, they were shocked. What they saw didn't...
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
February 19th, 2014
The Creation of Titanium in Stars
This diagram illustrates why NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, can see radioactivity in the remains of exploded stars for the first time.
When stars blow up in supernovas,...
February 19th, 2014
Untangling the Remains of Cassiopeia A
The mystery of how Cassiopeia A exploded is unraveling thanks to new data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. In this image, NuSTAR data, which show high-energy X-rays...
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
February 19th, 2014
Radioactive Core of a Dead Star
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscope Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has, for the first time, imaged the radioactive "guts" of a supernova remnant, the leftover remains of a star that exploded. The NuSTAR data...
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
February 19th, 2014
These illustrations show the progression of a supernova blast. A massive star (left), which has created elements as heavy as iron in its interior, blows up in a tremendous explosion (middle),...
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
January 9th, 2014
Different Flavors of Black Holes
A range of supermassive black holes lights up this new image from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. All of the dots are active black holes tucked inside the hearts of...
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field
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