Blueshift Episode 3: X-ray Vision

EPISODE · Jun 29, 2007 · 19 MIN

Blueshift Episode 3: X-ray Vision

from NASA Blueshift · host NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Welcome to the June 2007 episode of Blueshift, from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. We're featuring X-ray astronomy this episode - listening to black holes and learning about what it takes to build an X-ray telescope. We interviewed Jerry Bonnell, co-curator of the Astronomy Picture of the Day, for a behind-the-scenes look at the website. We'll wrap things up with a new question from the mailbag, and a brain teaser.

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