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European Space Agency's X-ray multi-mirror satellite.
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XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre Details are still available here. 11-Oct-2005: 2005/Q3 Status Report Released XMM-Newton mission status details are released for 3rd Quarter, 2005. Check the details on our Quarterly Status Pages News (more) XMM-Newton Latest News XMM-Newton Newsletter XMM-Newton Quarterly Status Reports Updated:...ASCA (formerly named Astro-D) is Japan's fourth cosmic X-ray astronomy mission, and the second for which the United States is providing part of the scientific payload.
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HEASARC: ASCA Guest Observer Facility States provided part of the scientific payload. The satellite was successfully launched on February 20, 1993. Attitude control was lost on July 14, 2000 during a geomagnetic storm, after which no scientific observations were performed. ASCA reentered the atmosphere on...Orbiting observatory that opens a window for the most detailed X-ray view of the universe ever revealed.
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Space News Redirect Page ...News, education, chronicles, and launch.
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory Center Gateway to the Universe of X-ray Astronomy! Center has provided evidence for a new and unexpected way for stars to form. A combination of infrared and X-ray observations indicates that a surplus of massive stars has formed from a large disk of gas around Sagittarius A the...Stars, supernovae, black holes, white dwarfs, galaxies.
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Chandra Field Guide to X-ray Astronomy X-Ray Sources Chandra can observe other objects in our solar system such as comets and Jupiter. Stars The hot outer atmospheres, or coronas, of normal stars such as our sun produce X-rays. X-ray observations are useful for understanding how the flaring activity...Data analysis, instruments and calibration, links, target and scheduling, users, newsletters.
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Chandra Science Workshop will be held at the Royal Sonesta hotel on October 31 and November 1, 2005.7/8/2005 Chandra Fellowship Applications: more information at http cxc.harvard.edu/fellows/9/6/2005 Revised Policy Regarding Completion of Chandra Observations8/9/2005 Chandra Cycle 7 Approved Targets 7/8/2005 The CIAO 3.2.2...Page in Strasbourg.
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XMM SSC-OAS Home page XMM SSC-OAS Home page...A proposed NASA observatory. Details on the mission and goals.
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Micro-Arcsecond X-ray Imaging Mission MAXIM Web site design and maintenance by Pat Tyler 116 121 108 101 114 064 109 105 108 107 121 119 097 121 046 103 115 102 099 046 110 097 115 097 046 103 111 118 Privacy, Security, Notices...An X-ray timing experiment with large collecting area and microsecond time resolution capable of conducting a broad program of studies of galactic X-ray binaries.
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The USA Experiment Viewing this page requires a browser capable of displaying frames....Chandra has identified the origin of high-energy X-ray background and found that galactic black holes are far more numerous than visible-light surveys indicate.
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X-ray Data Reveal Black Holes Galore: Science News Online, Jan. 15, 2000 Although they have made progress, the limited ability of telescopes to detect X rays in fine detail has hampered their efforts. Patch of sky imaged by the Keck Telescope in visible light (black dots and disks) and by the Chandra...