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Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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Optics Lead Takashi Okajima prepares to align NICER’s X-ray optics. The payload’s 56 mirror assemblies concentrate X-rays onto silicon detectors to gather data that will probe the interior makeup of neutron stars, including those that appear to flash regularly, called pulsars.

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Credit lineNeutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER). NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000039.

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