NICER Status Updates - NASA

Science Observations Remain Paused for NASA’s NICER Telescope

NASA’s NICER Maps Debris From Recurring Cosmic Crashes

For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA’s NICER

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NASA Space Station Research Helps Power Moon Science - NASA

The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities from looking out at our universe to breakthroughs in medical research, and is

NASA Space Station Research Helps Power Moon Science - NASA

The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities from looking out at our universe to breakthroughs in medical research, and is

NICER Status Update - NASA

NASA’s NICER Continues Science Operations Post Repair

Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black Hole - NASA Science

International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never seen before using data from NASA missions and other facilities. The features include the launch of a plasma jet moving at nearly one-third the speed of light and unusual, rapid X-ray fluctuations likely arising from […]

Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station - NASA Science

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, along with astronaut Suni Williams, will also complete other tasks during the outing. NICER will be the first NASA observatory repaired on-orbit since […]

Astronauts To Patch Up NASA’s NICER Telescope

NASA is planning to repair NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, during a spacewalk later this year. It will be the fourth science observatory in orbit serviced by astronauts. In May 2023, scientists discovered that NICER had developed a “light leak.” Unwanted sunlight was entering the instrument […]