NASA's IXPE bada supernową RCW 86 w promieniach rentgenowskich
Teleskop NASA IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) wykonał nowe obserwacje supernowej RCW 86, opublikowane 24 marca 2026 roku. Obraz łączy dane IXPE z obserwacjami teleskopów Chandra (NASA) i XMM-Newton (ESA). Nowe dane uzupełniają dotychczasowy obraz tej pozostałości po wybuchu gwiazdy.
X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE:NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, seen here in an image released on March 24, 2026. This observation helps fill in a fuller picture of what other telescopes have seen. The full image combines IXPE’s data with legacy observations from two other X-ray telescopes: NASA’s Chandra and the ESA (European Space Agency) XMM-Newton telescope. The yellow represents low-energy X-rays, while blue shows high-energy X-rays detected by Chandra and XMM-Newton. The starfield in the image comes from the National Science Foundation’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab). Learn more about this image. Image credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-NEWTON, IXPE:NASA/MSFC; Optical: NSF/NOIRLab; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt