# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CNGPA77JkRv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11733579-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-03-31T21:00:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

🛰 Confirmed: Uranus is giving off X-rays!

In a new study, astronomers have detected X-rays coming from Uranus for the very first time with help from our nasachandraxray. The 7th planet from the Sun and its rings appear to scatter the sun’s X-rays to produce these X-rays. 

Why is this so important? Determining the sources of the X-rays from Uranus could help astronomers better understand how more exotic objects in space, such as growing black holes and neutron stars, emit X-rays. 

📝 Put your knowledge to the test! What is the name of the only spacecraft to fly by Uranus? 

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXO/University College London/W. Dunn et al; Optical: W.M. Keck Observatory

#NASA #SolarSystem #Uranus #Planet #Galaxy #XRays #Explore #Discovery

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uranus, nasa, xrays, discovery, explore, galaxy, solarsystem, planet

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