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RXTE Detects "Heartbeat" of Smallest Black Hole Candidate December 21, 2011 An international team of astronomers has identified a candidate for the smallest-known black hole using data from RXTE. [Goddard Media Studios Article]
Eclipsing Pulsar Promises Clues to Crushed Matter August 17, 2010 Astronomers using RXTE have found the first fast X-ray pulsar to be eclipsed by its companion star. [NASA Feature Article]
RXTE Homes in on a Black Hole's Jets July 1, 2010 RXTE discovers X-rays from black holes' jets outshine the rest of the black hole system. [NASA Feature Article]
RXTE Helps Suzaku catch Retreat of a Back Hole's Disk December 10, 2009 Researchers used Japan's Suzaku and NASA's RXTE satellites to catch a critical change in the structure of one of our galaxy's most active black-hole binaries. [NASA Feature Article]
NASA Telescopes Explore a Blazar March 18, 2009 Fermi, HESS, RXTE, and Swift team up for unprecedented simultaneous observations of an active galaxy. [NASA Feature Article]
Top High-Energy Astronomy Prize Awarded to Three RXTE Researchers January 2009 Three RXTE researchers share the Bruno Rossi prize for their measurements of the masses of Galactic black holes. [Yale University Press Release] [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics News Feature}
Two Black Holes Teach Astronomers a Lesson October 15, 2008 RXTE coordinates with ground-based telescopes to reveal secrets of "microquasar" black holes. [NASA Feature Article]
RXTE Finds Smallest Known Black Hole April 1, 2008 Nikolai Shaposhnikov and Lev Titarchuk of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center used RXTE to find a black hole only 15 miles in diameter. It's the smallest known black hole, and may confirm theoretical predictions of how small black holes can get. [NASA Press Release] [NASA Feature Article]
Powerful Explosions Suggest Neutron Star Missing Link February 21, 2008 Researcher Fotis Gavriil used RXTE to make an incredible discovery: "We are watching one type of neutron star literally change into another right before our very eyes. This is a long-sought missing link between different types of pulsars." [NASA Feature Article]
NASA Astronomers Find Bizarre Planet-Mass Object Orbiting Neutron Star September 12, 2007 Using NASA's Swift and RXTE satellites, astronomers find not only a rare millisecond pulsar but a surprising planetary-sized object in orbit around it. [NASA Feature Article] [NASA Press Release]
No Matter their size Black Holes 'Feed' in the Same Way December 7, 2006 Researchers use RXTE to reveal that black holes the size of stars and the supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies have some surprising similarities. [University of Southampton Press Release]
Spinning Black Hole Pushes the Limit November 20, 2006 RXTE researchers measure the spin of black holes, and find one spinning over 950 times a second - close to the theoretical limit, and near the speed of light. [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Press Release] [NASA Feature Article]
Scientists Predict Quakes on Pulsars June 5, 2006 Using RXTE, astronomers discover a "remarkably simple" pattern that allows them to predict when a pulsar will undergo an explosive "starquake." [Press Release] [Computer Animation]
NASA Sees Hidden Structure of Neutron Star in Starquake April 24, 2006 [Press Release]
New Map of Milky Way Reveals Millions of Unseen Objects February 26, 2006 RXTE makes an "X-ray map" of the Milky Way, revealing that the so-called galactic X-ray background is made up of millions of previously unknown objects. [NASA Feature] [Learning Center]
Top High-Energy Astronomy Prize Awarded For Clocking Pulsars January 18, 2006 Three RXTE researchers received the 2006 Bruno Rossi prize for their pioneering research into millisecond pulsars and the star systems that produce them. [NASA Press Release]
Scientists Find Black Hole's Point of No Return January 9, 2006 [Press Release]
Scientists Detect Indentation in Space-Time from Spinning Black Hole January 9, 2006 [Press Release] [MIT article and images]
A Dying Star Reveals More Evidence For A New Kind Of Black Hole January 5, 2006 RXTE researchers find a theorized "in-between" category of black hole that has eluded and frustrated scientists for more than a decade. [NASA Press Release] [NASA Feature Article, with images]
Researchers Discover Star Orbiting A 'Medium-Sized' Black Hole January 5, 2006 [Press Release]
NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Marks 10 Years in Space January 2006 Designed for a two-year primary mission and a five year extension, NASA's RXTE satellite exceeds expectations and is still making amazing discoveries after 10 years in space. [Learning Center]
Star Eats Companion September 6, 2005 NASA's RXTE and ESA's Integral satellite catch a fast-spinning pulsar devouring its companion star. [Press Release] [ESA Article with images and animation]
Three Satellites Needed To Bring Out 'Shy Star' July 13, 2005 RXTE joins two other telescopes to uncover a rare type of neutron star. [Press Release] [Images and further information] [Learning Center]
Biggest Star Quake In Universe May Reveal Inside of a Neutron Star July 12, 2005 RXTE provides a detailed look at an unprecedented neutron star explosion that may finally illuminate the mysterious interior of neutron stars. [Press Release] [Images and Animation] [Sci/Tech Audiences]
Surf's Up: Matter Rides on Wave of Spacetime Around Black Hole January 10, 2005 RXTE researchers find evidence of hot gas riding a "ripple in spacetime" around a black hole. [Press Release] [Images and Animation] [NASA Feature Article]
Scientists Gain Glimpse of Bizarre Matter in a Neutron Star September 8, 2004 Using RXTE, scientists have obtained their best measurement yet of the size and contents of a neutron star. [NASA Press Release] [Images and Animation] [Learning Center]
Scientists Watch "Movie" of Neutron Star Explosion in Real-Time February 23, 2004 RXTE observations of a superburst halfway across the galaxy provide scientists with their first-ever look at the moment-to-moment changes the burst inflicted on the nearby accretion disk. [NASA Press Release] [NASA Feature Article, with images and animation] [Sci/Tech Audience]
Neutron Star, Turning Into Rare Ultra-Magnetic Object, Reveals Family Tree January 6, 2004 RXTE researchers find evidence for the first time of a neutron star transforming into a magnetar. [NASA Press Release] [Learning Center]
Einstein's Gravitational Waves May Set Speed Limit for Pulsar Spin July 2, 2003 RXTE observations confirm a predicted limit to how fast a pulsar can spin. [NASA Press Release] [Learning Center] [NASA Feature, with images and animation]
New Class of Hot-Tempered Black Holes Bucks Trends March 24, 2003 RXTE and XMM-Newton satellites reveal new class of black holes. [NASA Press Release]
Black Holes Really Are Holes, Say Astronomers March 31, 2003 [Press Release]
Top High-Energy Astronomy Prize Awarded for Ultra-Magnetic Star Discovery January 15, 2003 RXTE researcher Chryssa Kouveliotou shares the 2003 Bruno Rossi prize for confirming the existance of magnetars, previously theoretical objects now found by RXTE. [NASA Press Release]
Famed Eta Carinae, Awash in X-rays, might be Two Stars, Not One January 7, 2003 RXTE data shows that the famous, energetic star cycles in brightness exactly as expected if it were a binary system. [NASA Press Release] [Learning Center] [Images at all wavelengths]
Scientists Measure the Most Powerful Magnet Known November 4, 2002 [Press Release] [NASA Feature Article with images and animation] The Nature of Anomalous X-ray Pulsars September 12, 2002 [Abstract of Paper] [NASA Press Release]
Going, Going, Almost Gone:Pulsar Whittles Away Stellar Companion to Planet-Size May 23, 2002 [NASA Press Release] [Neutron Star Animation] [Imagine the Universe]
Scientists Catch Speeding Neutron Star With "Radar Gun" Technique, Confirm Theory April 22, 2002 [NASA Press Release] [Neutron Star Animation] [Imagine the Universe]
Vampire Pulsar Sucks Companion Star Down to Planet-Size April 22, 2002 [NASA Press Release] [Neutron Star Animation] [Imagine the Universe]
Scientists Find "Local" Black Hole Pumps Energy As It Spins April 22, 2002 [NASA Press Release] [Black Hole Animation] [Imagine the Universe]
Prime View of Neighbouring Galaxy Yields Pulsar Bonanza, Seven in One Blow January 9, 2002 [NASA Press Release] [Images] [Imagine the Universe]
"Big Glitcher" Pulsar Reveals Long-Hidden, Exotic Interior January 7, 2002 [NASA Press Release] [Imagine the Universe]
A Method Uncovered in the Madness of Black Holes and Neutron Stars June 5, 2001 [NASA Press Release] [Images]
Light From 30 Miles Above a Black Hole Reveals Spinning April 2001 [NASA Press Release] [images] [Imagine the Universe]
Astronomers Find the Youngest Pulsar Yet in the Heart of an Exploded Star August 2000 [NASA Press Release] [The Goddard News]
First Emission Line from "Gamma-Ray Repeater" Star Reveals Clues June 2000 [NASA Press Release] [The "Missing Pulsar" page] [Spaceflight Now article]
Amateur and Professional Astronomers Team Up June 2000 [NASA Press Release] [American Association of Variable Star Observers]
Waves Said To Churn Across a Sea of Nuclear Fuel on Star March 2000 [NASA Press Release]
A New Spin on a Strange Class of Pulsars March 2000 [NASA Press Release]
Powerful Jets of Particles Stretch and Distort Supernova Remnant March 2000 [NASA Press Release]
Burning Neutron Stars March 2000 and Other Extreme Phenomena to Highlight NASA X-ray Astronomy Meeting [NASA Press Release]
The All-Sky Monitor (ASM) Movie January 2000 MIT releases the All-Sky Monitors' view of the X-Ray Sky [Learning Center] [MIT's download site]
Gamma Rays light up the sky December 1999 XTE moves into action locating GRB 991216 outburst! [Learning Center] [Space Science News]
RXTE Captures the Ongoing Light Show at the Galactic Center June 1999 RXTE researchers create a "movie" showing stellar explosions at the galactic center. [Learning Center] [NASA Press Release]
Top High-Energy Astronomy Prize Awarded for the Development of RXTE and Resulting Discoveries January 1999 The 1999 Bruno Rossi Prize (the top prize in High Energy Astrophysics research) went to RXTE leads Jean Swank and Hale Bradt for their key roles in the development of RXTE and the science it produced. [NASA Press Release]
NGC 3516: Stretching the limits of our knowledge of the variability of AGN. 1999 R. Edelson uses RXTE to probe the variability of a bright AGN on small and large time scales. [General Audience] [Sci/Tech Audience]
Long Term Variability in the Enigmatic Star Eta Carina Dec. 1998 Mike Corcoran and co-workers continue their long term monitoring of this extremely massive star, which reveals tantalizing clues about its nature. [Sci/Tech Audiences]
Supermassive Black Hole November 1998 Has X-ray Patterns Similar to Smaller Black Hole -- May Determine Black Hole Mass [NASA Press Release] [images]
Soft Gamma Repeater found to be an X-ray Pulsar June 1998 Pulsation period and derivative suggest spindown due to strong magnetic field. [General Audience] [Sci/Tech Audience]
The Missing Link is Found - Millisecond Pulsar Discovered April 1998 The first confirmed millisecond pulsar to be found in an accreting binary star system. [Short NASA Press Release] [CNN News Story] [General Audience] [Sci/Tech Audience]
Pulsars in the SMC: near SMC X-3. March 1998 Jim Lochner and RXTE staff memebers uncover a plethora of transient pulsars. [General Audience] [Sci/Tech Audience]
Fast Young Rotation Powered Pulsar Detected in the LMC Feb. 1998 16ms Pulsar discovered in SNR N157B. ASCA data assist to constrain the age of the pulsar and its initial spin period. [General Audience] [Sci/Tech Audience]
Frame Dragging Nov. 1997 [Sci/Tech Audience] [General Audience]
Simultaneous UV/X-ray monitoring of AGN 1997 Paul Nandra compares the results of a month-long RXTE monitoring campaign with simultaneous IUE observations, with consequences for models of the continuum emission of AGN. [Sci/Tech Audiences]
Fastest Periodic Signals in Astronomy. 1996 RXTE uses its high timing capability to study kilohertz quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs), and learn more about the properties of neutron stars. [General Audiences] [Sci/Tech Audiences]
RXTE Observes Outbursts in Two Dwarf Novae. 1996 RXTE is utilized, along with optical and extreme-ultraviolet observations, to monitor outbursts in the two brightest dwarf novae in the sky - SS Cygni and U Geminorum. [Sci/Tech Audiences]
Caught in the Act! 1996 Coel Hellier and coworkers catch a cataclysmic variable in outburst. [Sci/Tech Audiences]
Public Outbursts June 1996 Public Observations of the Bursting Pulsar GRO J1744-28 reveal an object that exibits a variety of time variability. [General Audience] [Sci/Tech Audience]

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