(Nanowerk News) What are the high-energy processes in the Universe that occur in the immediate vicinity of a black hole? To study a question like this one cannot simply utilize a high-resolution ...

Researchers have built a polarimeter on a microchip, revolutionizing the design of this widely used scientific tool. What do astrophysics, telecommunications and pharmacology have in common? Each of ...

A narrow-band image of the Sun at a wavelength of λ=588.9nm - that of a well known solar sodium line also known as the “NaD line.” The image was acquired during recent first light efforts with the VTF ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrated the commencement of the new year by propelling India’s maiden X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) into orbit. This groundbreaking initiative ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its first polarimetry mission, XPoSat, on January 1, 2024. As per ISRO, the X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission will be ...

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Innovation Centre Iceland have built a polarimeter on a microchip, revolutionising the design of this ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat); the mission aims to explore the polarisation of powerful X-ray sources, adding a ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched its maiden X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite that would offer several insights into celestial objects like black holes. ISRO's ...

X-ray polarimetry promises to give qualitatively new information about high-energy astrophysical sources, such as black hole systems, the bright and active centers of galaxies, compact neutron stars, ...