The new idea was inspired by a roll of scotch-tape to create the nested mirror structure needed to capture the soft X-Rays. Although, it is in its early stages of testing, success seems highly likely.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Capturing Cosmic Rays
Once again NASA scientists were inspired by a simple everyday object to come up with a grand idea to capture lower energy X-rays emitted by a variety of astrophysical sources. Today these cosmic rays are not observable by telescopes on earth, and the satellite technology that is being used, like the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, is very costly.
The new idea was inspired by a roll of scotch-tape to create the nested mirror structure needed to capture the soft X-Rays. Although, it is in its early stages of testing, success seems highly likely.
The new idea was inspired by a roll of scotch-tape to create the nested mirror structure needed to capture the soft X-Rays. Although, it is in its early stages of testing, success seems highly likely.
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