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NASA’s Picture Dictionary

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X-ray

 An invisible kind of light that can go through most solid objects.

Two pictures of the Crab Nebula, one in visible light that is colorful and the other in an X-ray that is blue
The Crab Nebula is a cloud of particles and dust in space. The picture on the left is the Crab Nebula in light you can see with your eyes. The picture on the right is the Crab Nebula seen with X-rays.
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Sentences:

Doctors can use X-rays to see people’s bones.
NASA uses X-ray telescopes to see parts of space that are really hot.

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