X-rays


Our Sun’s atmosphere as seen in X-rays.
in space; X-rays may be produced by very hot gases more than one millionºC.

X-rays

  • in space; X-rays may be produced by very hot gases more than one millionºC.
  • X-rays sources are stars and galaxies that give out X-rays – see diagram below.

 

Synchrotron radiation

  • X-rays also made electrons acting together interact with a magnetic field in synchronous radiation.

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X-rays Space telescope

  • X-rays can not through our Earth’s atmosphere – astronomers can only detect the rays by using space telescopes; Chandra and XMM Newton.  (Used before ROSAT, now it switched off.) (Wikipedia: ROSAT, German X-Rays)
  • X-rays sources are stars and galaxies that give out X-rays – see diagram far below.

Space telescope – Chandra
(Wikipedia)

Space telescope – XMM Newton
(Wikipedia)

 

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