NASA’s IXPE mission has taken a major leap in solving the mystery behind X-ray emissions from blazar BL Lacertae, a type of supermassive black hole shooting energetic jets toward Earth. By ...

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Dennis Leveson-Gower and Laura Iraci. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the ...

IXPE saw record 47.5% optical polarization in blazar BL Lacertae in 2023 X-ray polarization stayed low, confirmed Compton scattering by electrons Findings rule out proton models and deepen insight ...