An extraordinary view of the universe: The use of X-ray vision in space science

Authors

  • Aneta Siemiginowska Astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Cambridge, USA).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.7.8819

Keywords:

astronomy, X-rays, quasars, jets, X-ray clusters, cosmology

Abstract

X-ray emission from cosmic sources indicates that these sources are heated to temperatures exceeding a million degrees or that they contain highly energetic particles. Recent X-ray telescopes, such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton, observed thousands of cosmic X-ray sources. These observations greatly impacted our understanding of the physics governing the evolution of structures across the universe. Here, I review and highlight some of these important results.

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Author Biography

Aneta Siemiginowska, Astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Cambridge, USA).

Astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Cambridge, USA). She is a member of the Chandra X-ray Observatory team working closely with the X-ray observations. Her research is focused on evolution of radio sources, high redshift quasars and quasar jets.

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2017-06-20

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Siemiginowska, A. (2017). An extraordinary view of the universe: The use of X-ray vision in space science. Metode Science Studies Journal, (7), 163–171. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.7.8819
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Unravelling science: Pulling the thread of knowledge (2017)

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Violent universe. High-energy astrophysics and cosmology in the twenty-first century

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