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NASA’s IXPE Studies Magnetar

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Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) conducted more than 140 hours of observations of the magnetar 1E 1547-5408, shown in this Aug. 5, 2026, artist’s concept, between March and April 2025. In doing so, they may have captured empty space behaving in a way physicists have predicted for 90 years, but never directly […]

First report: NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory — nasa.gov, 6d