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Audio Slideshow: Deep Space X-Rays


Science & Tech  (tags: XMM-Newton, Biggest scientific satellite, Tech News, Universe )

Alisa
- 897 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The biggest scientific satellite ever built in Europe, the XMM-Newton observatory has been orbiting Earth for a decade - with its mirrors capturing X-ray images from across the Universe.



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yyyy z. (17)
Friday December 11, 2009, 1:59 pm
Hopefully we will learn how the universe was created.
 

Green Bee (1280)
Friday December 11, 2009, 2:23 pm
Very intersting sounds.
 

Daniel Barker (35)
Friday December 11, 2009, 8:32 pm
I have been thinking about this for some decades. For example, X-rays of objects, such as part of the body, are not photograghs, they are photograms. A photograph focuses the rays and produces an image, the simplest example is holding a magnifying glass above a white surface to focus the ambient light.

X-rays have a wavelength that is very short.

At the other extreme is radio, which has a long wavelength. In fact, there are 'telescopes' on Earth that are over a thousand miles long! It is an array of antennas that run along the ground for miles.

As Albert Einstein said, "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible".

 

Cheree M. (267)
Saturday December 12, 2009, 3:51 am
Hmmm, Interesting. Thanks
 
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