X-ray astronomy

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branch of astronomy observational astronomy discipline

X-ray astronomy is the branch of astronomy that studies celestial objects and phenomena through their emission of high-energy X-ray radiation, revealing extreme environments such as black holes, neutron stars, and hot gas in galaxy clusters.

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Label	Occurrences
X-ray astronomy canonical	9
X-ray timing	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of astronomy ⓘ observational astronomy discipline ⓘ
application	constraining dark matter in galaxy clusters ⓘ measuring black hole spins ⓘ probing interstellar and intergalactic absorption ⓘ
cannotUse	ground-based optical telescopes ⓘ
detects	X-ray bursts ⓘ X-ray flares ⓘ X-ray pulsations ⓘ
enablesStudyOf	accretion onto compact objects ⓘ chemical enrichment of the intracluster medium ⓘ cluster mass via X-ray emitting gas ⓘ equation of state of neutron stars ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ relativistic jets ⓘ
energyRange	about 0.1 keV to hundreds of keV ⓘ
historicalMilestone	Uhuru launched in 1970 as first dedicated X-ray astronomy satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ first cosmic X-ray source beyond the Sun detected in 1962 ⓘ
investigates	cosmic feedback processes ⓘ extreme gravitational fields ⓘ high-temperature plasmas ⓘ particle acceleration ⓘ strong magnetic fields ⓘ
majorObservatory	Chandra X-ray Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Einstein Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ NICER NERFINISHED ⓘ NuSTAR NERFINISHED ⓘ ROSAT NERFINISHED ⓘ Suzaku NERFINISHED ⓘ XMM-Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonCannotUseGroundTelescopes	Earth atmosphere absorbs X-rays ⓘ
relatedTo	cosmic ray astronomy ⓘ gamma-ray astronomy ⓘ ultraviolet astronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	balloon-borne experiments ⓘ satellite observatories ⓘ space-based instruments ⓘ
reveals	X-ray binaries ⓘ accretion disks ⓘ active galactic nuclei ⓘ black holes ⓘ hot gas in galaxy clusters ⓘ neutron stars ⓘ shocks in the interstellar medium ⓘ stellar coronae ⓘ supernova remnants ⓘ
studies	X-ray emission from celestial objects ⓘ high-energy astrophysical phenomena ⓘ
subfieldOf	high-energy astrophysics ⓘ space astronomy ⓘ
uses	X-ray telescopes ⓘ focusing X-ray optics ⓘ grazing-incidence mirrors ⓘ space-based observatories ⓘ
wavelengthRange	about 0.01 to 10 nanometres ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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Fiona A. Harrison → fieldOfWork → X-ray astronomy ⓘ

Xavier Barcons → areaOfExpertise → X-ray astronomy ⓘ

Medium Explorer (MIDEX) → scienceDiscipline → X-ray astronomy ⓘ

subject surface form: Medium Explorer

X-ray polarimeter → field → X-ray astronomy ⓘ

SEXTANT → technologyDomain → X-ray astronomy ⓘ

Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology → uses → X-ray astronomy ⓘ

this entity surface form: X-ray timing

Wolter type I grazing-incidence telescope → fieldOfUse → X-ray astronomy ⓘ

MAXI → fieldOfStudy → X-ray astronomy ⓘ

Jeremiah P. Ostriker → fieldOfWork → X-ray astronomy ⓘ

Martin C. Weisskopf → fieldOfWork → X-ray astronomy ⓘ