NASA have launched a new satellite with the hope that it will teach us more about black holes – and it did so two days earlier than planned.Called the X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer mission, it will measure the radiation from dense pits of gravity in the distance.It launched earlier this morning from the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on a Falcon 9 rocket ship.It will be the first observatory in space of its kind, and will attempt to look for, and figure out the polarisation of X-rays from black holes.It will also look at neutron stars through three identical telescopes on the satellite.Dr Martin Weisskopf, who works for NASA as IXPE's principal investigator, said: “The launch of IXPE marks a bold and unique step forward for X-ray.
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