X-rays

Sunspot up close. Photo: NASA

NOAA satellites detected a strong solar storm

In late March 2024, NOAA satellites detected strong solar activity, including a powerful solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME), which led to the strongest geomagnetic storm since 2017
Marie Curie's X-ray car in World War I. Photo: French National Library

The first X-ray mobiles - Marie Curie's war

With the approach of the German army to Paris, Marie Curie was forced to retrain in the absence of the ability to research radium. She came up with an idea - to equip vehicles with X-ray devices and bring them close to the front to