The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is a proposed ESA space mission originally slated to launch around 2022, and now proposed to launch around...

The International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is a cancelled X-ray telescope that was to be launched in 2021 as a joint effort by NASA, the European Space...

Habitable Exoplanets Observatory (HabEx), a large UV to NIR focused design, 4 meter mirror LOFT - Large Observatory For X-ray Timing Large Ultraviolet Optical...

X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) manufactured space observatory to study polarisation of cosmic X-rays...

service life. The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) primarily observed gamma rays, though it extended into hard x-rays as well. It was launched in 1991...

during loss of fluid or loss of coolant in a reactor LOFT or Large Observatory For X-ray Timing, a proposed high-energy astronomy space mission Loft, a measure...

X-ray binaries are a class of binary stars that are luminous in X-rays. The X-rays are produced by matter falling from one component, called the donor...

instrument. This instrument is designed JPL as a demonstrator for a future large observatory in space that will have the imaging of Earth-like exoplanets...

navigation. X-ray pulsar-based navigation and timing (XNAV) or simply pulsar navigation is a navigation technique whereby the periodic X-ray signals emitted...

Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational...

followed by orbiting (satellite) observatories. The first rocket flight to successfully detect a cosmic source of X-ray emission was launched in 1962 by...

Lunar and Meteor Observatory ALEXIS – (instrumentation) Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors ALMA – (telescope) Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-millimeter...

International Occultation Timing Association 24th Annual Meeting at Mt. Cuba Observatory, Greenville, Delaware". International Occultation Timing Association. Archived...

electromagnetic spectrum. Gamma rays may be observed directly by satellites such as the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory or by specialized telescopes called...

provides a strong periodic signal that is used to check the timing of the X-ray detectors. In X-ray astronomy, "crab" and "millicrab" are sometimes used as...

detected in X-rays 9 days later using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and 16 days later in the radio using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) in...

Monitoring surveys of the SMC performed with NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) see X-ray pulsars in outburst at more than 1036 erg/s and have counted...

X-ray sources are astronomical objects with physical properties which result in the emission of X-rays. Several types of astrophysical objects emit X-rays...

HEAO-1 was an X-ray telescope launched in 1977. HEAO-1 surveyed the sky in the X-ray portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (0.2 keV – 10 MeV), providing...

pulsars that have been detected in the X-ray range. The "Very Large Telescope" at the European Southern Observatory in Northern Chile observed a possible...

neutrino observatory located under Mount Ikeno near the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research...

Auger Observatory is undergoing an upgrade to improve its accuracy and find evidence for the yet unconfirmed origin of the most energetic cosmic rays. High-energy...

shot by the Chandra X-ray Observatory RX J1856.5−3754 – the closest neutron star The Magnificent Seven – a group of nearby, X-ray dim isolated neutron...

Geminga /ɡəˈmɪŋɡə/ is a gamma ray and x-ray pulsar source thought to be a neutron star approximately 250 parsecs (around 800 light-years) from the Sun...

Past missions managed by GSFC include the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, SMM, COBE, IUE, and ROSAT. Founded as Beltsville...

Achievement Award for his work with Claude R. Canizares on the Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer experiment on the Einstein X-Ray Observatory. He was a principal...

The Nançay Radio Observatory (in French: Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay), opened in 1956, is part of Paris Observatory, and also associated with...

merge, based on data from many X-ray satellites, such as Chandra X-Ray Observatory, XMM-Newton and the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission. These data show...

about −80 °C by thermoelectric cooling. The Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) covers X-ray timing and low-resolution spectral studies over a...

India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a particle physics research project under construction to primarily study atmospheric neutrinos in a 1,200 meters...