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- That ability, in combination with its uniquely sharp imaging quality and capacity to see x-ray light over a broad range of energies, has revolutionized our view of the x-ray universe. It has changed our understanding of big mysteries such as dark matter, the birth of stars and even the properties of the planets in our solar system.
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Jun 8, 2022 · X-ray observations of the unexpectedly complex structure in the hot gas in galaxy clusters, the Universe’s largest gravitationally bound structures, have revealed fundamental relationships with...
The technology developed for X-ray astronomy has evolved at a rapid pace, and has, moreover, produced numerous spinoff applications used in security monitoring, medicine and bio-medical research, materials processing, semi-conductor and microchip manufacturing, and environmental monitoring.
Jun 12, 2020 · A collaboration between the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, ROSAT’s all-sky survey in the X-rays (from around 0.1 to 2.4 keV) radically changed our view of the Universe with high...
Nov 3, 2015 · X-rays have revolutionized our view of the world. They cast light on the previously invisible realm of the very small through X-ray crystallography. This technique for imaging molecular...
Dec 8, 2023 · Dec. 9 marks two years since the launch of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a joint NASA-Italian Space Agency mission to study polarized X-ray light – and the geometry and inner workings of the ultra-powerful energy sources from which it emanates.
Oct 23, 2024 · The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) isn’t the first of its kind, but the state-of-the-art spectroscopic instruments onboard have opened new doors for high-energy astrophysics.
Through the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, the sensitivity of detectors increased greatly during the 60 years of X-ray astronomy. In addition, the ability to focus X-rays has developed enormously—allowing the production of high-quality images of many fascinating celestial objects.
