How NASA's NuSTAR Spacecraft Hunts Black Holes (Infographic)

by Karl Tate, SPACE.com Infographics Artist | June 08, 2012 01:25pm ET

By focusing X-rays, the Earth-orbiting NuSTAR space telescope will study black holes and other exotic objects in the distant universe.

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) space telescope will launch in 2012 on a mission to seek out distant black holes like never before. Take a look at how the $165 million space telescope will launch and perform its mission in the SPACE.com infographic above.

Gallery: NuSTAR, NASA's Black Hole Hunting Space Telescope
Photos: Black Holes of the Universe
Video Show: The Black Hole That Made You Possible

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