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Einstein Observatory

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Einstein Observatory: see X-ray astronomy X-ray astronomy, study of celestial objects by means of the X rays they emit, in the wavelength range from 0.01 to 10 nanometers. X-ray astronomy dates to 1949 with the discovery that the sun emits X rays.
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X-ray mission since the Einstein Observatory in 1979, will study variations as small as one-millionth of a second in the X-ray output of such compact objects as black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs in the Milky Way.
space program, including the Defense Support Program (DSP), Einstein Observatory, Galileo probe and the Skylab orbiting space station.
Subsequent studies with the orbiting Einstein Observatory brought a second claim to fame.
 
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