New space observatory helps solve mystery involving enormous black holes
Using data from the recently deployed Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) orbiting observatory, researchers were able to answer more unexplained questions.
The IXPE spacecraft, at right, observes a blazar, a black hole surrounded by a disk of gas and dust with a bright jet of high-energy particles pointed toward Earth, called Markarian 501 in an undated illustration(photo credit: PABLO GARCIA (NASA/MSFC)/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByREUTERS
