Einstein Probe X-ray telescope releases 1st images taken with ‘lobster vision’

– The Einstein Probe X-ray telescope, a joint Chinese-European space observatory, has released its first images taken using a novel “lobster-eye” design for its telescopes. – Like lobsters’ eyes, the telescope’s Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) uses an array of small tubes to capture a wide 3,600 square degree field of view without moving. This allows […]