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High Energy Astrophysics History: Quiz
History of High-Energy Astrophysics 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
How did Sco X-1 get its name?
[A] This is what it was called in the classic movie "Escape from Planet-X"
[B] Astronomers get to name stars anything they want
[C] It was the first X-ray source found in the constellation Scorpius
What do X-ray astronomers call sources which would appear in the sky, remain bright for a few weeks, and then fade again from view?
[A] Odd
[B] X-ray transients
[C] Noise
