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Spiral galaxy IC 342

NASA's NuSTAR Catches Black Holes in Galaxy Web

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 ...

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Artist's Concept of NuSTAR

Pointing the Telescope and Probing the X-ray Sky

The first three months of science, or "Phase E," operations have been a busy time for NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR.

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X-ray image of galactic center

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

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 ...

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Artist's concept of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, celebrating 100 days in orbit

NuSTAR Celebrates First 100 Days

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

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Artist's Concept of NuSTAR

NuSTAR Mission Status Report

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) passed its Post-Launch Assessment Review at JPL this week, clearing the way for the mission to ...

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Sizzling Remains of a Dead Star

Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A

This new view of the historical supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, located 11,000 light-years away, was taken by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. Blue indicates the highest ...

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Blazing Black Holes Spotted in Spiral Beauty

Spiral galaxy IC 342, also known as Caldwell 5

This new view of spiral galaxy IC 342, also known as Caldwell 5, includes data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. High-energy X-ray data from NuSTAR have been translated to ...

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Pointing X-ray Eyes at our Resident Supermassive Black ...

First, focused views of the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy in high-energy X-ray light

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured these first, focused views of the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy in high-energy X-ray light. The background ...

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