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X-rays aren’t just for investigating artworks or photographing black holes. NASA scientists just used them to demonstrate a new technique: Navigating the stars. In an experiment, equipment mounted on the International Space Station measured radiation beamed out from distant neutron stars in millisecond pulses — and by timing their arrival, future spacecraft could find their […]
Australian astrobiologist Abigail Allwood will serve as a principal investigator on NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. https://media.wired.com/photos/59bc6a3b108a49475bc81f97/master/pass/1017-WI-APWOOD-01_sq.jpg Feed: All Latest
A series of laser beams crisscross the skies around Hamburg, Germany to mark the launch of the world’s biggest x-ray laser, which is able to photograph objects at an atomic level and “transcend” current scientific boundaries. Since Monday night, 10 green laser beams have lit up the sky from Hamburg to the nearby town of […]
Published time: 15 Jun, 2017 12:29 China has launched its first X-ray space telescope, aimed at studying black holes, pulsars, and gamma ray bursts, state media reported. The launch is expected to bring “new breakthroughs in physics,” according to the project’s lead scientist. The 2.5-tonne Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), named ‘Insight,’ was launched on […]
France’s MultiX, which makes x-ray imaging solutions for airports, has raised $ 3.76 million (€3.5 million) from Omnes Capital and H3C. The company was founded by two employees of Thales Group with support from the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). Along with airports, MultiX’s technology is used in the non-destructive testing sector such a food […]
