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pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 05:31 PM Jan 2012

NASA's new eyes



On March 14, NASA will launch the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array or NuSTAR. This is the first time a telescope will focus on high energy X-rays, effectively opening up the sky for more sensitive study. The telescope will target black holes, supernova explosions, and will study the most extreme active galaxies. NuSTAR’s use of high-energy X-rays have an added bonus: it will be able to capture and compose the most detailed images ever taken in this end of the electromagnetic spectrum.

http://www.universetoday.com/93091/nasas-new-eyes-in-the-sky/
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NASA's new eyes (Original Post) pokerfan Jan 2012 OP
This is the first I heard of this JohnnyRingo Jan 2012 #1
it will be an awesome machine that has potential to solve many great riddles of the cosmos. lastlib Jan 2012 #2

JohnnyRingo

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1. This is the first I heard of this
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 05:43 PM
Jan 2012

For that reason I often find DU a growing experience. Thanks for posting.

With that said, I'm going to spend an hour or so researching this now.

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