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High Energy Astrophysics History: Quiz
X-ray Astronomy History Quiz
Why is X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy conducted above most... if not all... of the Earth's atmosphere?
[A] Astronomers in the 1960s were looking for a way to use excess rockets
[B] X-rays and gamma-rays are absorbed by the atmosphere
[C] There is no good reason for it
To observe X-rays from the sky, X-ray detectors are flown above the Earth's atmosphere using:
[A] Rockets
[B] Balloons
[C] Satellites
[D] All of the above
X-rays in the 0.5 - 5 keV range can be stopped by a few sheets of paper.
[A] True
[B] False
A rocket launched anywhere on Earth can observe sources in both the northern and the southern sky.
[A] True
[B] False
X-rays were first observed by:
[A] Isaac Newton
[B] Albert Einstein
[C] Wilhelm Röntgen
