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XMM-Newton is a space observatory that studies celestial X-ray sources with high sensitivity and resolution. Learn about the mission, its instruments, science, news, events, publications and more on the official website.
Learn about XMM-Newton, the biggest scientific satellite ever built in Europe, and its discoveries of black holes, pulsars, magnetars and more. Explore news, articles, publications and multimedia gallery of the mission's 20 years in orbit.
XMM-Newton is a 10.8-metre (35 ft) long space telescope, and is 16.16 m (53 ft) wide with solar arrays deployed. At launch it weighed 3,764 kilograms (8,298 lb). [2] The spacecraft has three degrees of stabilisation, which allow it to aim at a target with an accuracy of 0.25 to 1 arcseconds .
The XMM-Newton spacecraft. The 4 tonne, 10 m long XMM-Newton spacecraft is the largest scientific satellite ever launched by the European Space Agency. Artist's impressions of XMM-Newton in orbit are shown below as a first overview of the satellite. XMM over Africa.
10 gru 1999 · Mission. XMM-Newton is detecting X-ray sources and helping to solve many cosmic mysteries of the violent Universe, from what happens in and around black holes to the formation of galaxies in the early Universe. It was designed and built to return data for at least a decade, but has been operational for much longer.
XMM-Newton (od ang. X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton) – satelita naukowy Europejskiej Agencji Kosmicznej służący do obserwacji Wszechświata w ultrafiolecie i promieniowaniu rentgenowskim. Satelita został nazwany na cześć wybitnego fizyka Isaaca Newtona; pierwotna nazwa brzmiała: High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission.
3 lis 2020 · ESA's X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton is unique. It is the biggest scientific satellite ever built in Europe, its telescope mirrors are amongst the most powerful ever developed in the world, and with its sensitive cameras it can see much more than any previous X-ray satellite.
