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27-Feb-2020 The most powerful black hole eruption in the Universe Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space observatories, along with radio telescopes on ground, have spotted the aftermath of the most powerful explosion ever seen in the Universe. Further details on ESAS's Science & Exploration portal.
20-Feb-2020 XMM-Newton reveals giant flare from a tiny star A star of about eight percent the Sun’s mass has been caught emitting an enormous 'super flare' of X-rays – a dramatic high-energy eruption that poses a fundamental problem for astronomers, who did not think it possible on stars that small. Further details on ESAS's Science & Exploration portal.
20-Jan-2020 XMM-Newton maps black hole surroundings Material falling into a black hole casts X-rays out into space - and now, for the first time, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has used the reverberating echoes of this radiation to map the dynamic behaviour and surroundings of a black hole itself. Further details on ESAS's Science & Exploration portal.
16-Jan-2020 Xmm-newton discovers scorching gas in in milky way's halo ESA's XMM-Newton has discovered that gas lurking within the Milky Way's halo reaches far hotter temperatures than previously thought and has a different chemical make-up than predicted, challenging our understanding of our galactic home. Further details on ESAS's Science &Technology portal.
10-Jan-2020 First sighting of hot gas sloshing in galaxy cluster ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has spied hot gas sloshing around within a galaxy cluster - a never-before-seen behaviour that may be driven by turbulent merger events. Further details on ESAS's Science & Exploration portal.
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