XMM-Newton Latest News - Year 2006

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AO-5 results 19-Dec-2006:
XMM-Newton AO-6 OTAC Results
The proposals accepted by the AO-6 OTAC are now available with their associated abstracts.
Get further details on our AO-6 Results pages
SAS 20-Nov-2006:
SAS 7.0.0 now available for MAC "Tiger"
The XMM-Newton SAS team announces the release of the SAS 7 binaries built under MacOs v10.4 ("Tiger"). This SAS version is identical to the SAS 7.0.0 released for other supported platforms.
Further details here on our XMM-Newton SOC SAS pages
2000-year-old star explosion 18-Sep-2006:
New evidence links stellar remains to oldest recorded supernova
Recent observations from XMM-Newton and Chandra uncovered evidence that helps to confirm the identification of the remains of one of the earliest stellar explosions recorded by humans.
Read further details on the ESA Space Science News Pages
RPS 28-Aug-2006:
XMM-Newton 6th Announcement of Opportunity (AO-6)
XMM-Newton AO-6 is now open.
Further details here on our XMM-Newton SOC website
2000-year-old star explosion 26-Jul-2006:
Old pulsars still have new tricks to teach us
The super-sensitivity of XMM-Newton has shown that the prevailing theory of how stellar corpses, known as pulsars, generate their X-rays needs revising.
Read further details on the ESA Space Science News Pages
2000-year-old star explosion 06-Jul-2006:
Supernova leaves mysterious object
A closer look at an object discovered over 25 years ago reveals it's like none other known in our galaxy. The object is in the heart of supernova remnant RCW103, the gaseous remains of a star that exploded about 2 000 years ago.
Read further details on the ESA News Pages
SAS 3-Jul-2006:
SAS 7.0.0 now available
Further details here on our XMM-Newton SOC Website
XMMXCS 2215-1738 21-Jun-2006:
Most Distant Galaxy Cluster Found 10 Billion Light Years Away
Astronomers have announced the discovery of the most distant cluster of galaxies ever found. The cluster may also be the most massive one yet seen at such an early era in the Universe. Almost 10 billion light-years from Earth, cluster XMMXCS 2215-1738 contains hundreds of galaxies surrounded by superheated, X-ray-emitting gas at more than 10 million degrees. The XMM Cluster Survey (XCS) team used XMM-Newton observations to discover the cluster.
Read further details on the XCS Website

Comet-like Blob 12-Jun-2006:
XMM-Newton spots the greatest of great balls of fire
Using XMM-Newton data, a team of international scientists have found a comet-like ball of gas over a thousand million times the mass of the sun hurling through a distant galaxy cluster over 750 kilometres per second.

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ESA Space Science website
USA Today News website

Slew Survey 10-May-2006:
The origin of elements in galaxy clusters
Deep observations of two X-ray bright clusters of galaxies allow a group of international astronomers to measure their chemical composition with an unprecedented accuracy.
Read further details on the ESA News Pages
Slew Survey 3-May-2006:
Slew Survey providing impressive results
In its on-going slew survey of the sky, XMM-Newton has now mapped 25% of the sky.
Read further details on the ESA News Pages
M33 27-Apr-2006:
Digging into the secrets of fossil galaxy clusters
Astronomers have studied the behaviour of massive fossil galaxy clusters, trying to find out how they find the time to form.
Read further details on the ESA Space Science News Pages
SAS 21-Apr-2006:
6th ESAC SAS Workshop Places still Available
Places are still available on the 6th ESAC SAS Workshop.
The deadline has been extended to 28-Apr-2006.
Get further details on our SAS Workshop Page Hot Gas Cloud 19-Apr-2006:
Tumbling neutron star revealed
An international group of astrophysicists discover that one spinning neutron star doesn't appear to be a stable rotator.
Read further details on the ESA Space Science Web
Hot Gas Cloud 05-Apr-2006:
Searching the rubble of supernova remnants
A study, using XMM-Newton data, of supernova remnants has shown that a bubble of gas enveloping our Solar System is being shoved backwards by the debris of another, more recent, supernova.
Read further details on the Royal Astronomical Society Website
Hot Gas Cloud 23-Mar-2006:
Cannibal stars like their food hot
Vast clouds of superheated gas, whirling around miniature stars and escaping from being devoured by the stars' enormous gravitational fields gives a new insight into the eating habits of the galaxy's cannibal stars.
Get further details on the ESA News Pages
RS Ophiuchi 16-Mar-2006:
Second epoch XMM-Newton Observations of RS Ophiuchi
Read further details on our News Pages
SAS 13-Mar-2006:
6th ESAC SAS Workshop Announced
The 6th ESAC SAS Workshop is to be held in May/June 2006.
Get further details on the SAS Workshop Page
Pulsar 28-Feb-2006:
XMM-Newton Observes Pulsar Collision
Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a collision between a pulsar and a ring of gas around a neighbouring star.
Get further details on the ESA News Pages
RS Ophiuchi 27-Feb-2006:
XMM-Newton Observes RS Ophiuchi
Deep observations of two X-ray bright clusters of galaxies allow a group of international astronomers to measure their chemical composition with an unprecedented accuracy.
Get further details on our News Pages
1000 25-Jan-2006:
XMM-Newton Scores 1000 Top Class Science Results
This month, after five years of operations, the mission saw the publication of its 1000th scientific paper.
Get further details on the ESA News Pages
AO-5 results 10-Jan-2006:
XMM-Newton AO-5 OTAC Results
The proposals accepted by the AO-5 OTAC are now available with their associated abstracts.
Get further details on our AO-5 Results pages