Which Observatory Detects X-Rays and Gamma Rays?

New Instruments For X-Ray And Gamma-Ray Astronomy. The Constellation-X Observatory (Con-X )has the highest priority among the large initiatives recommended by the Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee to study astronomical objects through their emission of high-energy radiation.

What telescope detects gamma rays?

The Fermi telescope has two main instruments. It has a large telescope that finds gamma rays with 10 million to more than 300 billion times the energy of visible light. The spacecraft also has detectors that observe gamma-ray bursts. Gamma-ray bursts are brief flashes of gamma rays.

What telescopes detect X-rays?

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a telescope specially designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes.