News

November 26th, 2013

In the stockroom of our cosmos, black holes come in size small and large. NASA's NuSTAR is helping to find our more about why medium-sized black holes are missing.

Catching Black Holes on the Fly

September 5th, 2013

NASA's black-hole-hunter spacecraft, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has "bagged" its first 10 supermassive black holes.

NuSTAR Delivers the X-Ray Goods

August 29th, 2013

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is giving the wider astronomical community a first look at its unique X-ray images of the cosmos.

The Turbulent, High-Energy Sky is Keeping NuSTAR Busy

June 17th, 2013

Like "things that go bump in the night," a few high-energy events in the universe have captured the attention of the NuSTAR telescope.

Black Hole Naps Amidst Stellar Chaos

June 11th, 2013

NASA's NuSTAR space telescope has found evidence of a slumbering massive black hole in a galaxy bursting with new stars.

NASA's NuSTAR Helps Solve Riddle of Black Hole Spin

February 27th, 2013

Two X-ray space observatories, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton, have teamed up to measure definitively, for the first time, the spin rate of a black hole with a mass 2 million times that of our sun.

NASA Hosts Media Teleconference About Black Hole Studies

February 25th, 2013

NASA will host a news teleconference at 10 a.m. PST, Wednesday, Feb. 27, to announce black hole observations from its newest X-ray telescope, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray telescope.

Good Progress With NuSTAR Science Goals

February 21st, 2013

NuSTAR has been in orbit around Earth for more than eight months since its launch in June 2012, studying black holes and probing the nature of the high-energy X-ray universe.

NASA's NuSTAR Catches Black Holes in Galaxy Web

January 7th, 2013

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, set its X-ray eyes on a spiral galaxy and caught the brilliant glow of two black holes lurking inside.

Pointing the Telescope & Probing the X-ray Sky

November 20th, 2012

Since the science operations began on August 1st, the NuSTAR team has wrestled with learning to point the telescope's flexible system of optics, mast, spacecraft bus and solar array.

NASA's NuSTAR Spots Flare From Milky Way's Black Hole

October 23rd, 2012

NASA's newest set of X-ray eyes in the sky, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, has caught its first look at the giant black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.

NuSTAR Celebrates First 100 Days

September 20th, 2012

Sept. 21, 2012, will mark 100 days since NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, launched into space from the L-1011 "Stargazer" aircraft.

Space Telescope Opens Its X-Ray Eyes

June 28th, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has snapped its first test images of the sizzling high-energy X-ray universe.

NuSTAR Mission Status Report

June 27th, 2012

After deploying its mast, the NuSTAR observatory began a series of checkout procedures.

Observatory Unfurls its Unique Mast

June 21st, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has successfully deployed its lengthy mast, giving it the ability to see the highest energy X-rays in our universe.

NASA's NuSTAR Mission Lifts Off

June 13th, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at 9 a.m. PDT Wednesday, beginning its mission to unveil secrets of buried black holes and other exotic objects.

NuSTAR to Drop From Plane and Rocket Into Space

June 11th, 2012

The observatory, which will hunt for black holes and other exotic objects using specialized X-ray eyes, will be launched from a Pegasus XL rocket carried by an Orbital Science Corporation L-1011 "Stargazer" plane.

NuSTAR Arrives at Island Launch Site

June 7th, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, and its rocket flew above the palm trees to arrive at their launch location at the U.S. Army's Reagan test site at Kwajalein Atoll.

NASA to Host News Teleconference About NuSTAR Launch

June 6th, 2012

NASA will host a news teleconference at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT) June 11 to discuss the upcoming launch of its Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array observatory, scheduled for no earlier than 8:30 a.m. PDT (11:30 a.m. EDT) June 13.

NuSTAR Strapped to its Plane

June 4th, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is now perched atop its Pegasus XL rocket, strapped to the plane that will carry the mission to an airborne launch.

NASA is Preparing to Launch its Newest Observatory with X-Ray Eyes

May 30th, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad on Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean.

NASA to Hold News Conference About NuSTAR Launch

May 24th, 2012

NASA will hold a news conference on Wednesday, May 30 at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, a mission to hunt for black holes.

NASA's NuSTAR Gearing up for Launch

May 22nd, 2012

Final pre-launch preparations are underway for NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. The mission, which will use X-ray vision to hunt for hidden black holes, is scheduled to launch no earlier than June 13 from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Launch of NASA's NuSTAR Mission Postponed

March 16th, 2012

The planned launch of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array mission has been postponed after a March 15 launch status meeting. The launch will be rescheduled to allow additional time to confirm the flight software used by the launch vehicle's flight computer will issue commands to the rocket as intended.

NASA March 13 NuSTAR Media Briefing Postponed

March 12th, 2012

The Tuesday, March 13, media briefing to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array has been postponed.

NASA to Hold Media Briefing About Upcoming NuSTAR Mission

March 8th, 2012

NASA will hold a media briefing at 9 a.m. PDT (12 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, March 13, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array.

Engineers Tuck NuSTAR in its Nose Cone

March 2nd, 2012

Technicians at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California are placing the two halves of the rocket nose cone, or fairing, around NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, in preparation for its launch.

NuSTAR Mated to its Rocket

February 17th, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is being mated, or attached, to its Pegasus XL rocket today at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California.

NuSTAR Spacecraft Arrives in California

January 27th, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mission arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California this morning after a cross-country trip by truck from the Orbital Sciences Corporation's manufacturing plant in Dulles, Va.

NASA's NuSTAR Ships to Vandenberg for March Launch

January 25th, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Tuesday, to be mated to its Pegasus launch vehicle.

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