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January 14th, 2025

Extreme Variability at the Edge of the Universe

NuSTAR has detected unexpectedly fast and intense X-ray variability from a supermassive black hole seen less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

January 13th, 2025

How Many Black Holes Are Hiding? NASA Study Homes in on Answer

A study looking for some of the biggest, most active black holes in the universe provides a better estimate for the ratio of hidden vs unhidden behemoths.

November 1st, 2024

NuSTAR Observes an Extremely Luminous Quasar

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, November 1 2024
Now Observing: PG_1407p265
RA: 14h 9m 23.9s
Dec: +26° 18′ 21.1″
Launched On: June 13th, 2012
Since Launch: 4,601 Days
About the Mission

NuSTAR (the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) is a NASA Small Explorer mission launched in 2012 and the first telescope in orbit to create images by focussing light in the high-energy X-ray (3 – 79 keV) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. NuSTAR is an active mission dedicated to guest observer programs, including coordination with other X-ray missions and responding to the rapidly changing X-ray sky. Its unique capabilities enable the study of a wide range of scientific targets, from supermassive black holes to our very own Sun.  

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