Try It At Home: The RXTE Learning Center

• By Maggie Masetti
• January 6, 2012
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Happy 16th birthday to the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer! Though this mission is soon coming to a close, it’s had an incredible lifespan and so much great science has come out of it.

RXTE has a Learning Center, which recently received a facelift. It has a terrific intro to X-ray astronomy complete with a activity/information booklet that you download in pdf format. There is also a section for educators with both formal lesson plans and activities you can try yourself!

Please check it out!

http://heasarc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/learning_center/index.html