Simplify the following text for a Grade 3 native English-speaking person.
Original: On 5 January 1896 , an Austrian newspaper reported RÃ ntgen 's discovery of a new type of radiation . RÃ ntgen was awarded an honorary Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of WÃ 1\/4 rzburg after his discovery .
Simplified: RÃ ntgen 's X-rays were called RÃ ntgen rays at first .