From the moment that astronomer Angelo Secchi identified γ Cassiopeia (gamma-Cas) as the first Be star in 1866, the object ...
A star you can see with the naked eye has kept astronomers guessing for decades with its unusually powerful X-rays. Now, ...
Five decades after astronomers detected mysterious X-rays coming from the constellation Cassiopeia, the mystery has finally ...
X-Rays are the amazing bits of the electro-magnetic spectrum that allow us to see through many objects — including human soft tissue. But when they were first publicly demonstrated on Jan. 23, 1896 — ...
In a dim German laboratory in 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen’s accidental discovery of X-rays cracked open a new era in medicine, letting humanity see inside itself for the first time. In 1895, inside a ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Nov. 8, 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays. This Day in History: Steve Fossett lands in Salina, Kansas after the first, solo, non-stop flight ...