High-energy astronomy is the study of astronomical objects that release electromagnetic radiation of highly energetic wavelengths. It includes X-ray astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, extreme UV astronomy, neutrino astronomy, and studies of cosmic rays. The physical study of these phenomena is referred to as high-energy astrophysics.
Astronomical objects commonly studied in this field may include black holes, neutron stars, active galactic nuclei, supernovae, kilonovae, supernova remnants, and gamma-ray bursts.
Missions
Some space and ground-based telescopes that have studied high energy astronomy include the following:
- AGILE
- AMS-02
- AUGER
- CALET
- Chandra
- Fermi
- HAWC
- H.E.S.S.
- IceCube
- INTEGRAL
- MAGIC
- NuSTAR
- Proton
- Swift
- TA
- XMM-Newton
- VERITAS
References
External links
- NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
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