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NASA’s IXPE space observatory has examined the polarization of X-rays from the supernova wreckage Cassiopeia A to learn more about its powerful magnetic fields.

For the first time, astronomers have measured and mapped polarized X-rays from the remains of an exploded star, using NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), the agency said on Tuesday.

NASA's IXPE captures Sonic boom like exploded star

NASA's explorer helps unlock secrets of exploded star-

WHITEWATER When Pat Slane graduated from UW-Whitewater in 1977 with a double major in physics education and mathematics, he was eager to begin his teaching career. If someone had told him then that he would spend nearly 30 years working with NASA, Slane would have laughed. He knew he had the ability, but the academics and the job itself would have been intimidating. “If you would have told me that then, I would have said, ‘I don’t even know what it takes to do that. I don’t even know how that’s a possibility or what it would take to get to a position like that,’�...