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Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
May 30, 2012 |

“NuSTAR will be the first space telescope to create focused images of cosmic X-rays with the highest energies. [...] They will provide a more complete picture of the most energetic and exotic objects in space, such as black holes, dead stars and jets traveling near the speed of light.” Quoted from the NASA press release.


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