How and What
Discoveries
Fun Facts
100

What kind of invisible light does Spektr-RG see?

X-rays

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How many new supermassive black holes did Spektr-RG find?

Over 3 million.

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Which two countries worked together to build Spektr-RG?

Russia and Germany.

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What is it's main mission?

It is to make the biggest, most detailed map of the X-ray sky EVER.

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Besides black holes, what super-dense object did it find?

Neutron stars.

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Spektr-RG's mission was to make the biggest and most detailed map of the sky in what type of light?

X-ray light.

300

True or False: Spektr-RG uses normal, flat mirrors like your bathroom mirror.

False! It uses special barrel-shaped mirrors.

300

What is the name of the giant, hot gas structure connecting all galaxies that Spektr-RG is studying?

The Cosmic Web.

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What are the names of the two telescope "eyes" on Spektr-RG, and which country built each one?

"eROSITA" (German eye),  "ART-XC" (Russian eye)

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