Black hole-hunting telescope Nustar snaps its first photo

Nasa's black hole-hunting Nustar telescope has taken its first images, the sharpest ever photos of high energy x-rays in deep space.

The Nustar (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) observatory was launched on 13 June, with the main objective of documenting high-energy events in deep space, such as black holes. It is able to produce images with 100 times more sensitivity and 10 times more resolution than any other x-ray telescope, including its predecessors Chandra and XMM-Newton.

By: Liat Clark, Edited by: Olivia Solon

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