X-ray sources in space

Light and microwaves can pass through Earth's atmosphere, but X-rays cannot. Rocketry allowed the detection of X-rays from astronomical objects, and X-rays were shortly detected from the Crab nebula.
Bruno Rossi United States 1963
X-ray sources in space

Light and microwaves can pass through Earth's atmosphere, but X-rays cannot. Rocketry allowed the detection of X-rays from astronomical objects, and X-rays were shortly detected from the Crab nebula.