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  • Grazing Incidence Telescopes: How X-ray Telescopes Work
    The type of telescope that uses grazing incidence is a X-ray telescope.

    Here's why:

    * X-rays and Reflection: X-rays have very high energy and are difficult to reflect using traditional mirrors. They tend to pass right through most materials.

    * Grazing Incidence: Grazing incidence mirrors are designed to reflect X-rays at very shallow angles (close to 90 degrees). This allows the X-rays to "graze" the surface of the mirror and be reflected, rather than passing through it.

    * Focus: By using multiple grazing incidence mirrors, X-ray telescopes can focus incoming X-rays to create an image.

    Examples of X-ray telescopes that use grazing incidence:

    * Chandra X-ray Observatory

    * XMM-Newton

    * NuSTAR

    These telescopes allow us to study the universe in X-rays, revealing phenomena like black holes, supernova remnants, and active galactic nuclei.

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