Multi-Telescope Observatory Launched Into Orbit

Views of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbing, on Dec. 9, 2021, in a still from video. NASA TV/AP/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida early Thursday morning, carrying NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, IXPE, into orbit.

IXPE will look at extreme events as they happen in Space, revealing in more details about events like exploding stars, or spinning black holes.