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Two Models of Black Hole Spin

NASA's NuSTAR Helps Solve Riddle of Black Hole Spin

02.27.2013
Two X-ray space observatories, NASA's NuSTAR and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton, have teamed up to measure the spin rate of a black hole with a mass 2 million times that of our sun.
spiral galaxy IC 342

NASA's NuSTAR Catches Black Holes in Galaxy Web

01.07.2013
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.
X-ray image of Galactic Center

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

10.23.2012
NASA's newest set of X-ray eyes in the sky, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), has caught its first look at the giant black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.
This series of images show NASA's NuSTAR and its rocket dropping from the carrier Stargazer plane.

NASA's NuSTAR Mission Lifts Off

06.13.2012
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) Wednesday, beginning its mission to unveil secrets of buried black holes and other exotic objects.
The Pegasus rocket carrying NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) can be seen at the belly of its carrier plane.

NuSTAR Arrives at Island Launch Site

06.07.2012
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.
The NuSTAR spacecraft undergoes preparations by technicians before it is connected to the Pegasus rocket slated to carry it into orbit.

NuSTAR to Open X-ray Eyes on Universe

06.05.2012
NASA's next observatory is about the size of a refrigerator, but it is expected to uncover some of the most powerful structures in the universe.
NuSTAR mirrors

NASA Preparing to Launch its Newest X-Ray Eyes

05.30.2012
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. The mission will study everything from massive black holes to our own sun.
This graph based on RXTE data provides an overview of the changing character of T5X2's X-ray emission during outbursts from Oct. 13 to Nov. 19, 2010.

NASA's RXTE Captures Thermonuclear Behavior of Unique Neutron Star

03.09.2012
In October 2010, a neutron star near the center of our galaxy erupted with hundreds of X-ray bursts that were powered by a barrage of thermonuclear explosions on the star's surface.
Photo of NuSTAR being lowered into its shipping container

NASA's NuSTAR Ships to Vandenberg Ahead of March 14 Launch

01.25.2012
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.
photograph of RXTE

NASA's Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Completes Mission Operations

01.09.2012
Over 16 years of operation, he Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) far exceeded its original science goals and has left astronomers with a scientific bounty that will serve them for years to come.
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