1st image from NASA's new IXPE X-ray telescope looks like a ball of purple lightning

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1st image from NASA's new IXPE X-ray telescope looks like a ball of purple lightning
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Related:"The IXPE image of Cassiopeia A is bellissimaand we look forward to analyzing the polarimetry data to learn even more about this supernova remnant," Paolo Soffitta, the Italian principal investigator for IXPE at the National Institute of Astrophysics in Rome, said in the NASA statement.

Now, while the image's most striking feature is its almost-neon magenta color, it doesn't actually look like that in visible light. But this color, which represents X-ray radiation, is a helpful guide for scientists. The more saturated the color, the more intense the X-ray light.

Chandra's first image was also of Cassiopeia A after it launched all the way back in 1999. Chandra's early observations revealed that, at the center of the remnant, there must be a compact object like a black hole or neutron star.

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