Banner Images Credits

The IXO home page rotates through three sets of different featured images, which represent the three major science goals for IXO. The images are:

Matter under extreme conditions
Molecular torus surrounds a black hole (artist concept). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech	Many neutron stars are accompanied by a companion star or a black hole, as portrayed in this illustration. Credit: NASA	The supermassive black holes of NGC 6240. Credit: NASA, Optical: R.P.van der Marel & J.Gerssen; X-ray: S.Komossa & G.Hasinger et al.
Formation of structure
Sombrero galaxy across the spectrum. Credit: NASA	The Bullet cluster. Credit: NASA	Illustration of cosmic web & Mkn 421. Credit: NASA
Life cycles of matter and energy
Tycho supernova remnant. Credit: NASA, Chandra Space Telescope Collection	Chandra X-ray observatory image NGC 3603. Credit: NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center collection	Superwinds in nearby starburst galaxies of different mass. Credit: D. Strickland et al.