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The Orbital Evolution of an Extreme Pulsating Neutron Star

June 5th, 2026

NuSTAR observations track the change in behavior over time of a pulsating ultraluminous X-ray source.
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

What Powers the X-ray Emission from Distant Supermassive Black Holes?

June 2nd, 2026

Astronomers using NASA’s NuSTAR telescope have taken a major step toward understanding the extreme environments surrounding accreting supermassive black holes.
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Is this Be star isolated?

May 29th, 2026

NuSTAR observation of the Be star CL Pismis 17 3; isolated or accreting from a hidden companion?
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

Supermassive black hole accretion flow

May 22nd, 2026

NuSTAR observes the low-mass AGN NGC 4051 to investigate the innermost parts of its accretion flow.
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

NuSTAR & IXPE coordinated observations of Fairall 51

May 15th, 2026

The environment around the supermassive black hole in Fairall 51, investigated using coordinated NuSTAR & IXPE X-ray observations
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

Black Hole Stars

May 8th, 2026

NuSTAR observes a "Green Pea" analog of a JWST "Little Red Dot"
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

Milky Way supermassive black hole archeology

May 1st, 2026

Annual NuSTAR observations of giant molecular clouds probe past flares from the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

NuSTAR and XRISM coordinate to investigate 3C390.3

April 24th, 2026

Coordinated NuSTAR and XRISM observations of the radio galaxy 3C390.3 investigate radiation reprocessing around a supermassive black hole.
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

Supermassive black hole pair at the heart of UGC 4211

April 17th, 2026

NuSTAR joins a multi-wavelength campaign to observe the final stages of a galaxy merger
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

Black hole X-ray binary becomes bright (again)

April 9th, 2026

NuSTAR coordinates with XRISM observations of the black hole X-ray binary AT2019wey
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

NuSTAR Investigates a Pulsar's Unusual Behavior

April 3rd, 2026

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, April 3, 2026
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NuSTAR Hunts for the Source of a Gamma-Ray Burst

March 13th, 2026

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, March 13, 2026
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

NuSTAR Removes Minimum ToO Exposure Time Requirement

March 6th, 2026

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, March 6, 2026
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

NuSTAR Observes a Bursting Neutron Star

February 27th, 2026

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, February 27, 2026
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NuSTAR Observes a Triple Cluster Merger

February 20th, 2026

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, February 20, 2026
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NuSTAR Observes a Transient Magnetar

February 13th, 2026

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, February 13, 2026
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

NuSTAR Cycle 12 Submissions

February 6th, 2026

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, February 6, 2026
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

NuSTAR Observes an Unusual Black Hole

January 30th, 2026

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, January 30, 2026
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

The Day the Sky Wouldn’t Stop Exploding: the Mystery of the Ultra-Long Gamma-Ray Burst

January 23rd, 2026

Most GRBs last seconds to minutes and are associated with the explosive death of a massive star. However, GRB 250702B in July 2025 lasted hours to days, confounding astronomers to understand what could produce an explosion that just wouldn’t stop.
News Release

NuSTAR at the 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

January 16th, 2026

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, January 16, 2026
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

NuSTAR helps to identify the source of mysterious massive explosions

January 9th, 2026

Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients may be caused by the violent destruction of a massive star by a black hole.
News Release

NuSTAR Gets A Headstart On Joint Observations

December 19th, 2025

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, December 19, 2025
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

Going backwards really fast: NuSTAR detects an Ultra-Fast Inflow

December 15th, 2025

Detection of a rare spectral feature indicates the presence of rapidly infalling gas around a black hole, illustrating how complex the accretion environment can be.
News Release

NuSTAR Observes Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

December 12th, 2025

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, December 12, 2025
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NuSTAR Searches for Ultra-Fast Outflows and IXPE Proposals Selected

December 5th, 2025

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, December 5, 2025
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NuSTAR Observes a Nearby Obscured Black Hole

November 28th, 2025

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, November 28, 2025
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NuSTAR Observes a Mysterious Radio Transient

November 7th, 2025

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, November 7, 2025
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

Particle Physics in Space: In Search of the Elusive Axion

October 31st, 2025

Observations of hot stars allow NuSTAR to constrain the properties of the hypothesized axion particle, enabling this astrophysics mission to study particle physics and hunt for dark matter.
News Release

NuSTAR Coordinations with IXPE

October 17th, 2025

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, 17 October 2025
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

High-redshift Active Galaxies and Meeting the Time-Domain Challenge

October 10th, 2025

NuSTAR Weekly Highlight, 10 October 2025
NuSTAR Weekly Highlights

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