XMM-Newton spots monster black hole hidden in tiny galaxy 19 December 2014 First impressions can be deceptive - astronomers have used ESA's X-ray satellite XMM-Newton to find a massive black hole hungrily feeding within a tiny dwarf galaxy, despite there being no hint of this black hole from optical observations. Read more

Working life extensions for ESA’s science missions 20 November 2014 Continuing operations of ten space science missions have been extended by ESA’s Science Programme Committee (SPC). Read more

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

XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity (AO-14) 26 August 2014 Proposals are solicited for observations with XMM-Newton in response to the fourteenth Announcement of Opportunity, AO-14, issued 26 August 2014. This AO covers the period May 2015 to April 2016 and is open to proposers from all over the world. Read more

A Hot Cocoon in the Ultralong GRB 130925A: Hints of a PopIII-like Progenitor in a Low-Density Wind Environment 11 July 2014 Read more

Detection of an unidentified emission line in the stacked X-ray spectrum of galaxy clusters 24 June 2014 Read more

Strong lensing as a probe of the mass distribution beyond the Einstein radius - Mass and light in SL2S J08544-0121, a galaxy group at z = 0.35 06 June 2014 Read more

Dark matter–baryons separation at the lowest mass scale: the Bullet Group 06 June 2014 Read more

Discovery of X-ray pulsations from a massive star 03 June 2014 Read more

A milliparsec supermassive black hole binary candidate in the galaxy SDSS J120136.02+300305.5 22 April 2014 Read more

Baryons in the relativistic jets of the stellar-mass black hole candidate 4U 1630-47 14 November 2013 Read more