>>12105406>What the fuck do they actually look likeThat's the thing, if you can't see in x-ray, or IR, or UV, or whatever spectrum your space telescope is in, there's not going to be an analogue in the visible spectrum. It is still light on the electromagnetic spectrum, so you can use false color to make a really vibrant picture to release as desktop wall papers, and posters on dorm rooms.
X-rays are nice because the have a very small wavelength and enough energy to punch through dust and gas and have the entire EM spectrum to red shift in before they're too weak to detect.
The problem is its not super easy to bend x-rays so its not a highly focused instrument with the resolution of something like the hubble.
However you can take multiple pictures of the same thing, with focus in different parts of the spectrum, and then layer them on top of each other and you can get a lot more information than just using an optical telescope.
