High-energy astronomy

High-energy astronomy is the study of astronomical objects that release electromagnetic radiation of highly energetic wavelengths. It includes X-ray astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, extreme UV astronomy, neutrino astronomy, and studies of cosmic rays. The physical study of these phenomena is referred to as high-energy astrophysics.^[1]

Astronomical objects commonly studied in this field may include black holes, neutron stars, active galactic nuclei, supernovae, kilonovae, supernova remnants, and gamma-ray bursts.

Missions

Some space and ground-based telescopes that have studied high energy astronomy include the following:^[2]

• AGILE
• AMS-02
• AUGER
• CALET
• Chandra
• Fermi
• HAWC
• H.E.S.S.
• IceCube
• INTEGRAL
• MAGIC
• NuSTAR
• Proton
• Swift
• TA
• XMM-Newton
• VERITAS