Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
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The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite observes the fast-moving, high-energy worlds of black holes, neutron stars, X-ray pulsars and bursts of X-rays that light up the sky and then disappear forever.
Observations from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer have been used as evidence for the existence of the frame-dragging effect predicted by the theory of general relativity.
External links
- Mission Site (http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/xte_1st.html)
An early version of this article was adapted from public domain material from http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/xhp_glance.html