NuSTAR Bringing the High Energy Universe into Focus

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M101 Mosaic

Observation • January 24, 2024

Only four days after the explosion, NuSTAR observed the nearby core-collapse supernova SN2023ixf in M101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. The NuSTAR X-ray data (green) shows the X-ray detection over of the supernova. The X-ray data are overlaid on an archival optical image (NOIRLab/KPNO, yellows and reds) that has been combined with a far-UV image from GALEX (blue).

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Hard X-ray Observations of the Pulsar Wind Nebula G11.2-0.3

Observation • August 21, 2020

Researchers use NuSTAR’s ability to focus X-rays to study high-energy emission from the pulsar wind nebula G11.2-0.3 and the young pulsar PSR J1811-1925 powering it.

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Particle Acceleration in the 30 Doradus C Superbubble

Observation • June 24, 2020

Using NuSTAR, researchers find that the 30 Dor C superbubble is an efficient particle accelerator, with the hard X-ray emission arising from electrons with up to 100 TeV energies.

NASA Telescope Spots Mystery in Fireworks Galaxy

Observation • September 4, 2019

This visible-light image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946) comes from the Digital Sky Survey, and is overlaid with data from NASA's NuSTAR observatory.

A Hard X-ray Look at M51

Observation • February 20, 2019

Bright green sources of high-energy X-ray light captured by NASA's NuSTAR mission are overlaid on an optical-light image of the Whirlpool galaxy (the spiral in the center of the image) and its companion galaxy, M51b (the bright greenish-white spot above the Whirlpool), taken by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

Eta Carinae

Observation • July 3, 2018

The NuSTAR detection shows that shock waves in the wind collision zone accelerate charged particles like electrons and protons to near the speed of light. Some of these may reach Earth, where they will be detected as cosmic ray particles. X-rays scattered by debris ejected in Eta Carinae's famous 1840 eruption may produce the broader red emission.

Supernova SN 2014C (X-ray) (Annotated)

Observation • January 24, 2017

This image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, center, in a three-color X-ray image.

Supernova SN 2014C (X-ray)

Observation • January 24, 2017

This image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, center, in a three-color X-ray image.

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Galaxy NGC 1448 with Active Galactic Nucleus

Observation • January 7, 2017

NGC 1448, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus, is seen in this image combining data from the Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey in the optical range and NuSTAR in the X-ray range.

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Galaxy IC 3639 with Obscured Active Galactic Nucleus

Observation • January 7, 2017

IC 3639, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus, is seen in this image combining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory.

A Black Hole 'Choir'

Observation • July 28, 2016

The blue dots in this field of galaxies, known as the COSMOS field, show galaxies that contain supermassive black holes emitting high-energy X-rays. The black holes were detected by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Array, or NuSTAR, which spotted 32 such black holes in this field and has observed hundreds across the whole sky so far.

NuSTAR's View of Andromeda

Observation • January 5, 2016

NuSTAR's view of Andromeda shows high-energy X-rays coming mostly from X-ray binaries, which are pairs of stars in which one "dead" member feeds off its companion.

NuSTAR's View of Galaxy NGC 1068

Observation • December 17, 2015

Galaxy NGC 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are overlaid on visible-light images from both NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

NuSTAR Stares at the Sun

Observation • July 8, 2015

Flaring, active regions of our sun are highlighted in this new image combining observations from several telescopes. High-energy X-rays from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) are shown in blue; low-energy X-rays from Japan's Hinode spacecraft are green; and extreme ultraviolet light from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is yellow and red.

Hubble revisits an old friend

Observation • May 7, 2015

Supernova SN 1987A and its surroundings are seen in great detail in an image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Extra X-rays at the Hub of our Milky Way Galaxy

Observation • April 29, 2015

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured a new high-energy X-ray view (magenta) of the bustling center of our Milky Way galaxy. The smaller circle shows the area where the NuSTAR image was taken -- the very center of our galaxy, where a giant black hole resides.

High-Energy X-rays Fill Center of our Galaxy

Observation • April 29, 2015

This picture from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, NuSTAR, shows very center of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists were surprised to find more high-energy X-rays than predicted in the surrounding regions, seen here as the elliptical haze.

Tale of Two Black Holes

Observation • January 8, 2015

The real monster black hole is revealed in this new image from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array of colliding galaxies Arp 299.

Tale of Two Black Holes [Xray + Visible]

Observation • January 8, 2015

The new high-energy X-ray data reveal that the supermassive black hole in the galaxy on the right is indeed the hungry one, releasing energetic X-rays as it consumes gas.

Tale of Two Black Holes [X-ray]

Observation • January 8, 2015

The new high-energy X-ray data reveal that the supermassive black hole in the galaxy on the right is indeed the hungry one, releasing energetic X-rays as it consumes gas.

Sun Shines in High-Energy X-rays (full view)

Observation • December 22, 2014

X-rays stream off the sun in this image showing observations from by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, overlaid on a picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Sun Shines in High-Energy X-rays

Observation • December 22, 2014

X-rays stream off the sun in this image showing observations from by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, overlaid on a picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Galaxy in Different Lights

Observation • October 8, 2014

The galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is seen here in two different lights. A visible-light view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is at left, and an X-ray view from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is at right. The comparison highlights how different the universe can look when viewed in other wavelengths of light. M82 is located 12 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation.

NuSTAR Finds a Pulse in Cigar Galaxy

Observation • October 8, 2014

High-energy X-rays streaming from a rare and mighty pulsar, the brightest found to date, can be seen in this new image combining multi-wavelength data from three telescopes.

Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in M82 Galaxy

Observation • October 8, 2014

This image shows the core of galaxy Messier 82 (M82), where two ultraluminous X-ray sources, or ULXs, reside (X-1 and X-2). ULXs are regions that shine intensely with X-rays.

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