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Magnet Hunter [1]

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), shown scanning a nebula in this artist's concept, will use X-ray telescopes to look for highly magnetized objects, including jets of hot gas from black holes and the remnants of exploded stars. It is scheduled for launch this fall. [NASA]

IXPE
new space telescope looking at a nebula
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