NuSTAR Telescope (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

NuSTAR Telescope

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This is an artist's rendering of NuSTAR. NuSTAR is the first telescope capable of focusing high-energy X-rays. It will also map supernova explosions and microflares on the surface of the sun.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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