The XMM-Newton X-ray observatory of the European Space Agency is celebrating the 21st anniversary of its launch into space with the publication of a new data catalogue, the 4XMM-DR10, a compilation of nearly 850,000 X-ray detections found in more than Read More …
A new study, based on data from ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatories, sheds new light on a three million light-year long bridge of hot gas linking two galaxy clusters, whose shape is being bent by the mighty activity Read More …
A year ago, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration observed for the first time the supermassive black hole at the center of the nearby radio galaxy M87, finding the dark central shadow that was in agreement with General Relativity, further Read More …
Ricardo Giacconi, known as the founder of X-ray astronomy, died on Sunday 9th of December at the age of 87.
