NASA IXPE solves black hole jets mystery, identifies X-ray source

NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission solved a decades-old mystery on black hole jets. After more than 600 hours of observations over 60 days, IXPE identified the source of X-rays from galaxy 3C 84 at the centre of the Perseus galaxy cluster. Combining IXPE data with other observations, researchers found that the X-rays originate from inverse Compton scattering.