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Posts tagged: xrays. [podcast] X-ray Vision. ... Tags: APOD, blackholes, RXTE, Suzaku, xrays. Podcasts | Sara Mitchell | June 29, 2007 2:58 pm | Comments (0). ... http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/outreach/podcast/wordpress/index.php/tag/xrays/ - 23k

Ask an Astrophysicist: X-ray/Gamma-ray Astronomy

X-rays. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/xrays.html - 18k - 2005-06-20

Why use X-rays?

Why use X-rays? Looking ... Many objects in the sky emit X-rays. The x-rays originate from regions of gas that are at high temperatures. Astronomers ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/hera/imaging/why.html - 18k - 2005-08-05

X-ray Astronomy

History of X-ray Astronomy. The study of astronomical objects at the highest energies of X-rays and gamma-rays really began only in the early 1960's. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/history_xray.html - 22k - 2008-08-22

X-ray Astronomy - Introduction

Welcome to the World of X-ray Astronomy. How X-rays Were Discovered. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. ... How Astronomers Observe X-rays Emitted by Cosmic Sources. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/history1_xray.html - 23k - 2009-01-02

First X-Rays from a Comet Discovered

First X-Rays from a Comet Discovered. 15 April 1996. ... A team of US and German astrophysicists have made the first ever detection of X-rays coming from a comet. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/news/15apr96.html - 20k - 1996-04-15

Imagine the Universe! Dictionary

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845 - 1923) A German scientist who fortuitously discovered X-rays in 1895. ... We measure the energy by noting where the X-rays go. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/dict_qz.html - 51k - 1970-12-12

X-rays & Gamma-Rays

The Answer. X-rays and gamma-rays are like the light we can see with our eyes and the radio waves we can detect with radio and TV sets. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/961028a.html - 15k - 2006-09-06

The Crab Nebula in X-rays

The Crab in Ultraviolet Light. The Crab in X-rays. For Educators. NCTM & NSES Standards. Show me related lesson plans. The Crab Nebula in X-rays. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/crab_xray.html - 15k - 2004-09-27

Tour the ASM Sky - Welcome!

X-rays: Not Just For Breakfast Anymore! Have you ever wondered what is way out in space, say 100 light years away? ... Well, there are also X-rays. ... http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/learning_center/ASM/welcome.html - 6k - 2001-07-16

Electromagnetic Spectrum - Introduction

Other examples of EM radiation are microwaves, infrared and ultraviolet light, X-rays and gamma-rays. ... Hot gases in the Universe also emit X-rays . ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html - 28k - 2009-01-12

X-rays

The Question. (Submitted December 15, 1996) I am 5 years old. How do X-rays work? The Answer. Here at NASA we catch X-rays from far away things. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/961215a.html - 14k - 2005-12

Sources of X-rays and Gamma-rays

I am an Italian girl and I'm eleven years old. I should like to know the principle sources known of the X-rays and Gamma-rays in the Universe. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/961110.html - 16k - 2005-12

The Sun as an X-ray Source

The Sun as an X-ray Source. The Sun as seen in X-rays (from the Yohkoh satellite). ... A 6000 K Sun should be an extraordinarily weak source of X-rays. ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/sun.html - 20k - 2008-08-22

X-rays from Free Electrons

X-rays from Free Electrons. ... The motion of a free electron (ie unbound to an atom) may produce x-rays if the electron is undergoing any one of these motions: ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/how_l2/xray_generation_el.html - 23k - 2008-08-20

Detection of the first Celestial X-rays

Detection of the first celestial X-rays. The first rocket flight which successfully detected a cosmic source of X-ray emission was ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/sats_n_data/xray_asemit.html - 12k - 2004-09-27

Developing X-Ray Detectors

galactic nuclei. Though new on the scene, there's a lot to be learned from X-rays. From ... What Makes Observing X-rays Hard? The first problem ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/topics/instrument_design/x-ray_design.html - 18k - 2004-09-27

X-ray Astronomy

Astronomy. Standards Button. Level 1 topics include: How X-rays Were Discovered; How Astronomers Observe X-rays Emitted by Cosmic Sources; ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/introduction/xray_information.html - 13k - 2004-09-27

X-rays and Hale-Bopp

in 1996. We now have detections of X-rays from some 8 comets, and all bright, nearby comets seem to emit X-rays! (Including Hale ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970716a.html - 15k - 2005-12

How X-rays Are Generated

Additional Links. FAQ's about X-rays. Related Topics. X-ray Telescopes. ... NCTM & NSES Standards. Show me related lesson plans. How Does The Universe Generate X-rays ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/how_l2/xray_generation.html - 14k - 2008-08-20

The Crab Nebula in X-rays

The Crab in Ultraviolet Light. The Crab in X-rays. For Educators. ... The Crab Nebula in X-rays. This Einstein HRI X-ray images of the Crab appeared in Hennessy et al ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/crab_xray_orig.html - 14k - 2004-09-27

X-rays and High Speed Particles

hole? And if so, could this in effect 'focus' the X-rays so they will only be emitted along the plane of the accretion disk? If ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970709b.html - 15k - 2005-12

Hera: Introduction to X-rays

radiation, or light. This radiation ranges from infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light and X-rays and Gamma rays. The entire ... http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/hera/xray_intro.html - 17k - 2005-07-28

Cool X-ray Generation Fact: X-rays From Free Electrons

This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/how_l2/cool_xray_gen_el_fact.html - 13k - 2004-09-27

Cool X-ray Generation Fact: X-rays from Atoms

This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/how_l2/cool_xray_gen_atom_fact.html - 13k - 2004-09-15