A new pair of X-ray eyes on the universe is allowing us to see extreme objects like never before
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Just over two months after launching to space, NASA's newest explorer --- the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE -- shared its very first images. And they are stunning. The images offer a glimpse of Cassiopeia A, the famous remnant of a supernova, or exploding star.Glowing purple gas clouds can be seen around the remains of the star.
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