NuSTAR Bringing the High Energy Universe into Focus

A black hole and its shadow have been captured in an image for the first time, a historic feat by an international network of radio telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). EHT is an international collaboration whose support in the U.S. includes the National Science Foundation.

In the nearby Whirlpool galaxy and its companion galaxy, M51b, two supermassive black holes heat up and devour surrounding material. These two monsters should be the most luminous X-ray sources in sight, but a new study using observations from NASA's NuSTAR mission shows that a much smaller object is competing with the two behemoths.

The due date for NuSTAR cycle 5 phase-1 proposals has been reset to March 29th, 2019 at 4:30pm EDT. The proposal submission website (ARK/RPS) is open to accept proposals.