XMM-Newton has been surprised by a rare type of galaxy, from which it has detected a higher number of X-rays than thought possible. The observation gives new insight into the powerful processes ...
... Abell 223) using the European X-ray satellite XMM-Newton. Their observations (see Fig. 1) ... high-sensitivity level now achieved with in-depth XMM-Newton observations makes it possible to observe the ...
XMM-Newton has discovered an exploding star in the Milky Way. Usually that would be important in itself, but this time there is a special twist. Calculations show that the explosion must have been ...
ESA’s orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has discovered the most massive cluster of galaxies seen in the distant Universe until now. The galaxy cluster is so big that there can only be a handful of ...
... power. So astronomers waited until Earth moved along its orbit, carrying XMM- ... thanks to the superior sensitivity of the EPIC instrument on XMM-Newton, it was still detectable.
A team of astronomers ...
... observed during four 48-hr-long orbits of XMM-Newton around Earth, starting in January 2008. The ... to within twice the radius of the black hole itself.
XMM-Newton detected two bright features of iron ...
... star HD 49798. Now, thanks to XMM-Newton's superior sensitivity, the mysterious object has ... eye.
Our descendants are in for quite a show. Thanks to XMM-Newton, we can already start looking forward to ...
... Centaurus.
Using the European Space Agency's orbiting XMM-Newton observatory, Strohmayer and Mushotzky studied the ... NGC 5408 X-1 -- in 2006 and 2008.
XMM-Newton detected what the astronomers call " ...
... capabilities make it ideal for also detecting and studying stellar flares. Two other X-ray observatories, Chandra and XMM-Newton, have studied EV Lacertae and other stars like it, ...
... magnetic star, a magnetar, emits the pulses as very high energy X-rays. The astronomers made their observations using the ESA space telescopes INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton and the NASA satellite RXTE...
ESA’s orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has re-discovered an ignored celestial gem. The object in question is one of the youngest and brightest supernova remnants in the Milky Way, the corpse of a ...
... is swallowed completely and is lost forever.
Using Europe's powerful X-ray satellite, XMM-Newton, they found that X-rays are being emitted as a regular signal from the super-massive black hole. The ...
... X-ray light from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, ESO's New Technology Telescope (NTT) and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope, respectively. The NTT ...
... camera development because of its track record in spacecraft design, in missions such as Swift and XMM-Newton and the experience gained from its CCD laboratory programmes.
The delegation from the ...
... be part of the ‘100 Hours of Astronomy’ cornerstone project for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. Viewers will have a peek into ESA's XMM-Newton and Integral satellite control rooms in Spain.
