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  2. History of X-ray astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Such sources are called X-ray transients. The inner regions of some galaxies were also found to emit X-rays. The X-ray emission from these active galactic nuclei is believed to originate from ultra-relativistic gas near a very massive black hole at the galaxy's center. Lastly, a diffuse X-ray emission was found to exist all over the sky. [3]

  3. Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology

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    1946 – Martin Ryle and his group perform the first astronomical observations with a radio interferometer; 1947 – Bernard Lovell and his group complete the Jodrell Bank 218-foot (66 m) non-steerable radio telescope; 1949 – Palomar 48-inch (1.2 m) Schmidt optical reflecting telescope begins operation, located in Palomar, California

  4. Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer - Wikipedia

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    The RXTE observed X-rays from black holes, neutron stars, X-ray pulsars and X-ray bursts. It was funded as part of the Explorer program and was also called Explorer 69 . RXTE had a mass of 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) and was launched from Cape Canaveral on 30 December 1995, at 13:48:00 UTC , on a Delta II launch vehicle .

  5. Timeline of meteorology - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of meteorology contains events of scientific and technological advancements in the area of atmospheric sciences. The most notable advancements in observational meteorology , weather forecasting , climatology , atmospheric chemistry , and atmospheric physics are listed chronologically.

  6. Timeline of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The Uhuru satellite, designed to map the sky at X-ray wavelengths, is launched by NASA. The existence of X-rays from the Sun and a few other stars has already been found using rocket-launched experiments, but Uhuru charts more than 300 X-ray sources, including several possible black holes.

  7. List of space telescopes - Wikipedia

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    X-ray telescopes measure high-energy photons called X-rays. These can not travel a long distance through the atmosphere, meaning that they can only be observed high in the atmosphere or in space. These can not travel a long distance through the atmosphere, meaning that they can only be observed high in the atmosphere or in space.

  8. Chronology of the universe - Wikipedia

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    Many such theories have proposed but none been successful producing quantitative agreement with the results of modern astrophysical observations. Nevertheless, the time between 10 −43 and 10 −36 seconds has been called the grand unification epoch. [22] [23] Before the GUT epoch, the temperature of the universe exceeded 10 15 GeV.

  9. METAR - Wikipedia

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    METAR indicates that the following is a standard hourly observation. KTTN is the ICAO identifier for the Trenton-Mercer Airport . 051853Z indicates the day of the month is the 5th and the time of day is 1853 Zulu/ UTC , or 1:53PM Eastern Standard Time .