Bizarre nearby blast mimics Universe's most ancient stars 11 July 2014 ESA's XMM-Newton observatory has helped to uncover how the Universe's first stars ended their lives in giant explosions. Read more

Award for European scientist who solved a magnetic mystery 26 June 2014 The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and the Russian Academy of Sciences have nominated Nanda Rea, an assistant professor at the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC) in Barcelona and the Anton Pannekoek Institute (API) at the University of Amsterdam, for a prestigious Zeldovich Medal. Read more

Puzzling X-rays point to dark matter 24 June 2014 Astronomers using ESA and NASA high-energy observatories have discovered a tantalising clue that hints at an elusive ingredient of our Universe: dark matter. Read more

Cosmic collision in the Bullet Group 06 June 2014 A composite view of the Bullet Group reveals its constituents and their peculiar arrangement. The hot gas, imaged with ESA's XMM-Newton, is separated from the rest of the group's mass, which consists of galaxies as well as dark matter. Read more

XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity (AO-13) 27 August 2013 Proposals are solicited for observations with XMM-Newton in response to the thirteenth Announcement of Opportunity, AO-13, issued 27 August 2013. This AO covers the period May 2014 to April 2015 and is open to proposers from all over the world. The deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:00 UT. Read more

A rapidly spinning supermassive black hole at the centre of NGC 1365 28 February 2013 Read more

Synchronous X-ray and Radio Mode Switches: A Rapid Global Transformation of the Pulsar Magnetosphere 25 January 2013 Read more

Bright radio emission from an ultraluminous stellar-mass microquasar in M31 12 December 2012 Read more

Neutron star masses from hydrodynamical effects in obscured sgHMXBs 09 November 2012 Read more

X-ray wind tomography of the highly absorbed HMXB IGR J17252–3616 09 November 2012 Read more