-- VWR 2017-00587

-- JSC#:jsc2017m000529

-- Publication date/time: 5/26/2017 11:00am

-- Title and description (in bold)

Title:
Unlocking Secrets of Neutron Stars with NICER

Description:
Though we know neutron stars are small and extremely dense, there are still many aspects of these remnants of explosive deaths of other stars that we have yet to understand. NICER, a facility to be mounted on the outside of the International Space Station, seeks to find the answers to some of the questions still being asked about neutron stars. By capturing the arrival time and energy of the x-ray photons produced by pulsars emitted by neutron stars, NICER seeks answer decades-old questions about extreme forms of matter and energy. Data from NICER will also be used in Sextant, an on-board demonstration of pulsar-based navigation.

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