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NASA-ASI X-ray observator y reveals how black holes swallow and spit out stars

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The NASA–Italian Space Agency (ASI) Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has peered deep into the hot gas surrounding a black hole, teaching us how black holes swallow and spit out matter. IXPE launched in December 2021 to study some of the most highly energetic objects in the universe, including

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