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XMM-Newton celebrates twenty years in space with the release of new, comprehensive source catalogues

To celebrate twenty years since the launch of the European Space Agency’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, a new catalogue of all of the X-ray sources detected with this satellite has been […]

18.12.2019

Light on the first observations of the Sun by the Parker Solar Probe

The Parker Solar Space Probe set out in 2018 to discover one of the last unexplored places in the Solar System: its star. After a year of observations, it revealed, […]

06.12.2019

Three supermassive black holes discovered at the core of one galaxy

An international research team led by scientists from Göttingen and Potsdam proved for the first time that the galaxy NGC 6240 contains three supermassive black holes. The unique observations, published […]

21.11.2019

News about the formation of star molecules and dust

A research team from Spanish and French laboratories (1) recreated in the laboratory the conditions similar to those involved in the formation of carbonaceous star dust in the environment of […]

22.10.2019

Success of the 3rd flight of the PILOT stratospheric balloon experiment

The third launch of the PILOT balloon took place on the morning of 24 September (5:36 Local time, 9:36 UT) from the tarmac at Timmins Airport, Ontario, Canada. After 3 […]

09.10.2019

Ultra-sensitive to UV rays, Mini-EUSO will take a new look at the Earth from space

A Soyuz rocket has just carried a unique new instrument to the international space station: Mini-EUSO. This imager, which is extremely sensitive to UV rays, will face the Earth. First […]

07.10.2019

The 10th X-IFU Consortium Meeting

The 10th X-IFU Consortium Meeting was hosted by IRAP in Toulouse from Monday 16th to Friday 20th of September. Participants met during various splinters and all together for the two […]

30.09.2019

Star nurseries in distant galaxies

Star clusters are formed by the condensation of molecular clouds, groups of cold and dense gases found in all galaxies. The physical properties of these clouds in our galaxy or […]

19.09.2019

Replay the Einstein eclipse with TAROT

One century ago, on 1919 May 29th the astronomer Arthur Eddington confirmed the prediction of Albert Einstein that the light is deflected by masses. Eddington used the Sun as mass […]

02.09.2019

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