branch of astronomy that uses X-ray observation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
X-ray astronomy is a field of astronomy that analyzes the x-rays coming from space.
Most x-rays are filtered by earth's atmosphere so x-ray astronomy is usually done with telescopes that are on satellites in space such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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