Amazon Quiz (February 21, 2022): Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer is a joint effort between NASA and which country’s space agency?

Japan

UAE

Italy

China

Answer: Italy

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission an international collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency, involving hundreds of engineers and scientists from 12 countries.

IXPE is a space observatory that seeks to uncover the mysteries of some of the most extreme objects in the cosmos, ranging from remnants of powerful supernova explosions, particles ejected by blackholes, etc.

More specifically, IXPE seeks to answer questions about how black holes spin, how pulsars shine so brightly, what powers particles ejected by supermassive blackholes at the centres of galaxies have, and whether the supermassive blackhole at the centre of the Milky Way was actively feeding on surrounding material in the past.

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