Due to major building renovation work at ESAC, some XMM-Newton services will not be available from 18-23 of April. While normal XMM-Newton operations will not be interrupted, ToO Requests, Visibility Checker, Target Search Tool and HelpDesk; and the XSA, will not be available.

Telescope paints stunning view of galaxy cluster with black hole jets. Views of a massive galaxy cluster Abell 2256 have been capture by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA's XMM-Newton and three radio telescopes (LOFAR, the GMRT and the VLA).

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New cataclysmic variable discovered. By analyzing ESA's XMM-Newton and Gaia data, astronomers from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP, GER) and elsewhere, have detected a new magnetic cataclysmic variable system, most likely, polar type.
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In the year 1181 a rare supernova explosion appeared in the night sky, staying visible for 185 consecutive days. Now, X-ray observations by ESA’s XMM-Newton show the full extent of the nebula, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory pinpoints its central source esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

🎆Enjoy this 800-year-old firework spectacle, created by a supernova explosion

Brough to you by a super telescope team: ESA XMM-Newton, Chandra Observatory, the WISE mission — NASA, and the Hiltner and Pan-STARRS ground-based telescopes
#ExploreFarther

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Observations inspect variability of a nearby ultra-fast rotating active star. Using ESA's XMM-Newton satellite, Indian astronomers have conducted long-term X-ray observations of a nearby ultra-fast rotating active star known as AB Doradus A.
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XMM-Newton Users' Group: Minutes of Meeting available.
The minutes of the XMM-Newton Users' Group Meeting #24, that took place on May 10th and 11th 2023, are available at,
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The deadline for abstract submission to the THE X-RAY MYSTERIES OF NEUTRON STARS AND WHITE DWARFS workshop (ESAC, 5-7 June 2024) is fast approaching ! You have one more week, until Friday the 23rd of February, to submit your work.
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We want to join the global community in celebrating the #InternationalWomenAndGirlsInScienceDay .
We are featuring the scientists and engineers in the XMM-Newton team hoping to inspire the next
generation of space enthusiasts !!