Unveiling interstellar secrets!
A science team including #MPE's Konrad Dennerl captured the first X-ray images of comet 3I/ATLAS using @esa.int #XMMNewton. This goes back to 1996 when the #ROSAT mission discovered that comets emit X-rays.
Image: ESA/XMM-Newton/C. Lisse, S. Cabot & the XMM ISO Team

ESA's XMM-Newton Examines Comet 3I/ATLAS Prior to Closest Earth Passage Friday Everyone’s favorite interstellar comet posed for one more portrait recently. The European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton mission nabbed 3I/ATLAS on December 3rd from about 283 million kilometers distant....

ESA's XMM-Newton Examines Comet 3I/ATLAS Prior to Closest Earth Passage Friday #Science #Space #Astronomy #Comet3IATLAS #XMMNewton #SpaceExploration

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Red Dwarf Launches Planet-Killing Blast Into Space: First CME Confirmed Red dwarf launches planet-killing blast into space; astronomers confirm first coronal mass ejection from distant star at 2400...

#Missions #CoronalMassEjection #ExoplanetHabitability […]

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🔭 The 17th #XrayUniverse conference will take place in Elche, Spain 🇪🇸 from 8–11 June 2026!

Covering high-energy astrophysics—from solar system to cosmology—and showcasing results from #XMMNewton & other missions.

🔗 xrayuniverse.esa.int

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A composite X-ray image of supernova remnant RCW 86, created from data by the XMM-Newton and Chandra telescopes. The image shows the expanding shell of material in blue, green, and red hues representing different X-ray energies. This remnant is believed to be the debris from a supernova observed by Chinese astronomers in 185 AD, making it potentially the earliest recorded supernova. The image showcases the vast scale and beauty of cosmic events, located approximately 8,200 light-years away in our Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomy Picture from 28/09/2006

RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060928.html


#SupernovaRemnant #RCW86 #AncientAstronomy #ChineseAstronomy #XMMNewton #ChandraXray #SpaceExploration #MilkyWay #Supernova #Astrophysics #Astronomy

🎉 Im 1. Vortrag des Jahres aus der Reihe der Babelsberger Sternennächte nimmt uns Dr. Iris Traulsen mit auf die Suche nach den Röntgenstrahlern im All. Welche noch unbekannten Quellen von Röntgenlicht verbergen sich in den Beobachtungsdaten von #xmmnewton 🛰️ ? Jetzt anschauen: youtu.be/hEaDH221gwU

XMM-Newton celebrates 25 years of breakthroughs Today, ESA’s powerful X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, celebrates 25 years in space. From planets to black holes, the space telescope has delivered many ground-breaking observations of a variety of cele...

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celebrates 25 years of breakthrough space science discoveries - and still going strong. Read more about its view of the X-ray emitting cosmos:
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25 ans du satellite XMM-Newton - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg Le 10 décembre 1999, la fusée Ariane 504, qui avait alors beaucoup à se faire pardonner après avoir déposé la mission Clusters dans les mangroves guyanaises, mit tout ce qu’elle avait pour placer un m...

Aujourd'hui nous célébrons les 25 ans du satellite #XMMNewton de l'#europeanspaceagency . L'Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg contribue activement au traitement des données au sein du Survey Science Consortium XMM.
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