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Neutron stars, or cores leftover from exploded stars, are some of the densest objects in the universe. There are...
Astronomers have discovered a vast cloud of high-energy particles called a wind nebula around a rare ultra-magnetic...
This supercomputer simulation shows one of the most violent events in the universe: a pair of neutron stars...
NICER’s X-ray concentrator optics are inspected under a black light for dust and foreign object debris that could...
NICER engineer Steven Kenyon prepares seven of the 56 X-ray concentrators for installation in the NICER instrument....
NICER Optics Lead Takashi Okajima installs one of NICER’s 56 X-ray “concentrators,” each consisting of 24 concentric...
Many of NICER’s 56 X-ray “concentrators” seen from within the instrument optical bench. Light reflected from the...
NICER team members Takashi Okajima, Yang Soong, and Steven Kenyon apply epoxy to the X-ray concentrator mounts after...
NICER Optics Lead Takashi Okajima makes a fine adjustment to the orientation of one X-ray “concentrator” optic. The...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Optics Lead Takashi Okajima prepares to align NICER’s X-ray optics. The payload’s 56 mirror assemblies concentrate...
NICER engineer Steven Kenyon installs an X-ray detector onto the payload’s detector plate. The detectors are...
A photo taken during the NICER range-of-motion test at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shows the photographer’s...
The NICER payload, blanketed and waiting for launch in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
A NICER team member measures the focused optical power of each X-ray concentrator in a clean tent at NASA’s Goddard...
Astronomers have discovered a vast cloud of high-energy particles called a wind nebula around a rare ultra-magnetic...
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has provisionally detected the faint afterglow of the explosive merger of two neutron...
Scientists studying what amounts to a computer-simulated “pulsar in a box” are gaining a more detailed understanding...
Imagine a technology that would allow space travelers to transmit gigabytes of data per second over interplanetary...
Imagine a technology that would allow space travelers to transmit gigabytes of data per second over interplanetary...