WASHINGTON, June 5 -- NASA issued the following news: * * * NASA's IXPE Obtains First X-ray Polarization Measurement of Magnetar Outburst By Beth Ridgeway What happens when the universe's most magnetic object shines with the power of 1,000 Suns in a matter of seconds? Thanks to NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), a mission in collaboration with ASI (Italian Space Agency), scientists are one step closer to understanding this extreme event. Magnetars are a type of young neutron  more