Telescope to detect cosmic X-rays launched

Telescope to detect cosmic X-rays launched

January 05, 2019

  1. US scientists have successfully launched a telescope from Antarctica that analyses X-rays arriving from distant neutron stars, black holes, and other exotic celestial bodies.
  2. The name of the telescope is ‘X-Calibur’ instrument.
  3. It is carried by a helium balloon and will reach an altitude of 130,000 feet.
  4. Neutron stars are objects of very small radius.
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