Afia Hasan Anonna

X-rays aren’t just for the doctor’s office. They might also help unravel the mysteries of black holes.It’s called X-ray astronomy.Early Thursday morning NASA launched its Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer Mission, or IXPE, in a joint effort with the Italian Space Agency.It’s the first space observatory of its kind.Scientists say IXPE will tell them more about cosmic X-ray sources than they can learn by studying their brightness and color spectrum, which will help them test and refine theories of how the universe works.