Back to being part of the NewAthena community science working groups: www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/en/athena-community
🎉 🎉 🎉
Feels good to be back (I could not be part pf the official community for a bit due to work), Athena was/is such an integral part of who I am as a scientist […]
For the future #NewAthena mission, the #XIFU instrument uses detectors cooled close to absolute zero (−273°C) to detect X-ray photons. Researchers at SRON developed a new method to calibrate thermometers at these ultra-low temperatures, improving measurement accuracy.
ℹ️ Good news for the development of the X-IFU instrument. A fundamental step towards the launch of the #NewAthena mission has just been achieved 👍
More info:
x-ifu.irap.omp.eu/en/announcem...
Un'immagine mosaico composta dai ritratti individuali dei membri della comunità NewAthena. Alcuni di essi inoltre, combinati insieme, raffigurano il veicolo spaziale nello spazio. Crediti: XMM-Newton. Missione Athena: ESA/IRAP/CNRS/UT3/CNES/Fab&Fab. Composizione: ACO.
Nel frattempo, i 1.130 membri della comunità scientifica di NewAthena hanno iniziato a preparare lo studio di caso scientifico della missione.
#NewAthena @science.esa.int
#CM25
La missione #NewAthena è in tabella di marcia per essere adottata all'inizio del 2027, dopodiché potrà iniziare la sua costruzione.
Il lancio della missione è previsto per il 2037 su un 🚀 Ariane 6.4.
#CM25
Simulazione dell'immagine di NewAthena della popolazione di sorgenti puntiformi della porzione di cielo Chandra Deep Field South, arricchita da una serie di ammassi di galassie simulati. Su uno sfondo nero, una moltitudine di macchie arancioni di varie dimensioni, cinque delle quali spiccano come le più grandi. Crediti: A.Rau/WFI Team.
Il veicolo spaziale #NewAthena sarà in grado di seguire fonti transitorie, come quelle associate a eventi di neutrini e onde gravitazionali, dove potrà lavorare in tandem con la missione #LISA.
#CM25 @science.esa.int
#NewAthena sarà in grado di rispondere rapidamente a eventi imprevisti che si verificano in qualsiasi punto del cielo.
#CM25
NewAthena sarà il più grande osservatorio a raggi X mai costruito. Studierà a fondo alcuni dei fenomeni più caldi ed energetici dell'universo, con una precisione senza precedenti.
#NewAthena #CM25
Immagine artistica della navicella spaziale NewAthena che osserva un buco nero supermassiccio.
Athena è stata selezionata come seconda grande missione del programma #CosmicVision, e successivamente rimodulata come #NewAthena
#CM25 @science.esa.int
Go #NewATHENA ! 🚀
A mosaic image made of individual portraits of members of the NewAthena community. Combined, they depict the spacecraft in space. Credits: XMM-Newton. Athena mission: ESA/IRAP/CNRS/UT3/CNES/Fab&Fab. Composition: ACO.
The #NewAthena mission is on track for adoption in early 2027, after which construction can begin.
Meanwhile, the 1130 members of the NewAthena science community have started preparing the mission's science case.
The mission is planned to launch in 2037 on an Ariane 6.4.
4/ #CM25 🔭
Simulation of NewAthena image of the Chandra Deep Field South point source population enhanced by a set of simulated clusters of galaxies. A black background is full of orange blobs of various sizes, with five of them standing out as the largest. Credit: A.Rau/WFI Team.
#NewAthena will be able to rapidly respond to unexpected events occurring anywhere in the sky.
The spacecraft will be able to follow-up on transient sources, such as those associated with neutrino events and gravitational waves, where it can work in tandem with the #LISA mission.
3/ #CM15 🔭
Representative image of a cluster of galaxies, the kind NewAthena will aim to understand how and why they form. This view of the Perseus cluster of galaxies was taken by ESA's Euclid mission. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi
#NewAthena will address key questions in astrophysics, such as:
🪸 How and why does ordinary matter assemble into the structures that we see today?
🕳️ How do black holes grow and shape their environment?
🌀 How do galaxies hosting black holes evolve over time?
2/ #CM25 🔭
¿Por qué la materia ordinaria se agrupa en galaxias, grupos de galaxias y cúmulos de galaxias?
Esa es una de las preguntas que abordará #NewAthena, nuestra segunda misión de gran envergadura.
Descúbrelo aquí: buff.ly/WqL4lwQ
🏃🏃♀️🏃♂️Fast, faster, #MPE! With two teams, a group of MPE scientists participated in the #MunichMarathon 2025. On the left team "eRunita" - a neologism of "run" and #eROSITA -, and on the right the "WFI DEPFET Fliers", named after the #NewAthena #WFI.
Great Performance, guys! 👏🥇
📢 Coming #NewAthena #ScienceWebinar
eROSITA view of the WHIM emission in cosmic filaments, by Xiaoyuan Zhang, @mpe-garching.bsky.social
🗓️ 22April 2025, 14:00-15:00 CET
Abstract + connection details
🔗www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/en/blog/erosita-view-whim-emission-cosmic-filaments
#NewAthena #Science #Webinar:
Constraining Disk-to-Corona Power Transfer Fraction, Soft X-ray Excess Origin, and Black Hole Spin Population of Type-1 AGN across Mass Scales, by Dr. Labani Mallick University of Manitoba and CITA, University of Toronto.
Now available 👇:
youtu.be/J5tE3Bs7mh8
The result of the game is out!
Thanks a lot for your participation in this initiative. This year we have reached 85 participants (both Spanish and English version)!
And the winner is Diimitra Koutroumpa! Congratulations!
The game will still be available,both Spanish and English.
#NewAthena
The science consortium of ESA's future X-ray telescope #NewAthena has shared its mission goals in Nature Astronomy. NewAthena will be an ESA flagship #Xray observatory, offering major improvements in sensitivity, spectroscopy and survey capabilities.
Read more: www.sron.nl/news/wetensc...
📢 #NewAthena 🚀 ESA flagship X-ray observatory mission concept delineated in @natureastronomy.bsky.social paper!
📰 Article also outlines the principal domains where #XrayAstronomy is anticipated to advance our comprehension of the Universe in the forthcoming decade.
arxiv.org/pdf/2501.03100
‼️ Update on the status of the #NewAthena Study & on the plans for the scientific activities in support to #NewAthenaAdoption in the Science Program of ESA.
➡️ By NewAthena Science Study Team (NASST) & Athena Community Office (ACO)
ℹ️ e-Newsletter4:
www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/sites/defaul...
I started my career with #XMM-Newton launch 🥲
And I hope I'll finish it with #newAthena launch! 😅
A lot of adventures in the middle!
Happy birthday XMM-Newton!! 🥳
🎉 Let our first post on this 🦋 network be to congratulate the entire team and users of the #ESA #XMM-Newton mission on the 25th anniversary! 🎂
🛰️ #newAthena will take up the baton of its science to keep on unveiling the X-ray universe. Lots of science still to be done!
