XMM-Newton Latest News

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17-Jan-2012:
A New View of an Icon
The Eagle Nebula as never seen before. In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope's 'Pillars of Creation' image of the Eagle Nebula became one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. Now, two of ESA's orbiting observatories have shed new light on this enigmatic star-forming region.
Further details on the ESA News Web site.
20-Dec-2011:
Strangely slow pulsar discovered nestled in young supernova remnant
Astronomers have discovered a very slowly rotating X-ray pulsar still embedded in the remnant of the supernova that created it. This unusual object was detected on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, using data from a number of telescopes, including ESA's XMM-Newton.
Further details on the ESA Science & Technology pages.
29-Sep-2011:
ESA spacecraft reveal new anatomy around a black hole
A fleet of spacecraft including ESA's XMM-Newton and Integral have shown unprecedented details close to a supermassive black hole. They reveal huge 'bullets' of gas being driven away from the 'gravitational monster'.
Further details on the ESA News Web site
29-Sep-2011:
Space telescopes reveal secrets of turbulent black hole
Supermassive black holes at the hearts of active galaxies swallow large amounts of gas. During this feast they spill a lot of their 'food', which is discharged in turbulent outbursts. An international team of astronomers has revealed some striking features of such an outburst around a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy.
Further details on the SRON Web site
20-Sep-2011:
Citation landmarks for two high-energy papers
As of mid-September, there are 1000 citations for each of two papers published by the high-energy group at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics: The paper describing EPIC pn instrument on board the XMM-Newton satellite and the ROSAT source catalogue.
Further details on the MPE Web site