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"X-ray telescope? Do X-rays even refract?" - Me about 6 months ago. No, no they don't... Their optics look wild. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_telescope
by itishappy 3y ago
"X-ray telescope? Do X-rays even refract?" - Me about 6 months ago.
No, no they don't... Their optics look wild.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_telescope#Optics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_telescope#Optics
Cool as heck. I too wish we heard more about these beauties.
- kuhsaft 3y agoBut, they do. Any electromagnetic wave can refract. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_optics#Compound_refractive_lenses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_optics#Compound_refracti... 3Blue1Brown has a very nice series on optics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz4Q4QOuoo8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz4Q4QOuoo8
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y agoYes, definitely cool. What blows me away is that these tightly nested precision cylinders can survive launch /and/ stay aligned at X-ray wavelengths!