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Two Hubble observations taken ten years apart have revealed, for the first time ever, the tiny apparent motions of several hundred young stars within one of our Galaxy's most compact stellar clusters: the NGC 3603 Young Cluster.
Published: 2 June 2010
The discovery of two massive galaxy clusters, made possible thanks to a new, novel observing mode on XMM-Newton, opens a new window to study the Universe's largest bound structures ....
Published: 31 May 2010
The first in-flight Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for Open Time (OT1) observations with the Herschel Space Observatory has been issued. The OT1 call solicits proposals from the worldwide astronomical community and offers 6592 hours of Herschel observing time. The deadline for proposal submissions is: 22 July 2010 at 12:00 UT.
Published: 21 May 2010
Published: 20 May 2010
The Second International X-ray Observatory (IXO) Science Meeting, held at the Cité Universitaire in Paris, and attended by almost 200 participants, provided a timely opportunity to review the progress that has been made on IXO in a number of areas.
Published: 18 May 2010
Observations with XMM-Newton and Chandra have provided a robust detection of a vast
reservoir of intergalactic gas about 400 million light years from Earth.
Published: 11 May 2010
A heavy runaway star is rushing away from a nearby stellar nursery at more than 400 000 kilometres per hour, a speed that would get you to the Moon and back in two hours.
Published: 11 May 2010
Published: 6 May 2010
Published: 6 May 2010
Published: 6 May 2010
Published: 3 May 2010
The latest edition of the 2XMM catalogue boasts an additional 42 000 entries , bringing the total to over a quarter of a million X-ray sources. This unprecedented cosmic X-ray library is a valuable resource allowing astronomers to explore the extreme Universe.
Published: 28 April 2010
The processes involved in star formation can be disentangled using the power of multi-frequency observations. New images from Planck reveal the interstellar medium and isolate the physical processes at work in our Galaxy.
Published: 26 April 2010
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For more than a decade, mysterious, high-speed plasma jets have been observed in space, downstream of the Earth's bow shock. The underlying formation mechanism for these jets has now been unveiled, thanks to data collected by the four ESA Cluster satellites.
For more than a decade, mysterious, high-speed plasma jets have been observed in space, downstream of the Earth's bow shock. The underlying formation mechanism for these jets has now been unveiled, thanks to data collected by the four ESA Cluster satellites.
Published: 23 April 2010
Published: 23 April 2010
Published: 21 April 2010
Emissivity measurements carried out with the VIRTIS instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft indicate that Venus has been volcanically active in recent geological times. This is reported in the 8 April issue of Science Magazine.
Published: 8 April 2010
This spectacular Hubble view shows the largest galaxy in a trio of galaxies known as the Leo Triplet. The galaxy has an unusual anatomy, with asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core.
Published: 8 April 2010
Two new infrared catalogues, containing more than 1.3 million celestial sources, are made public today by the AKARI team.
Published: 31 March 2010
ESA-P, the new Supplier Portal that replaces EFIS, is now open to suppliers for submitting invoices. The new esa-p system can be accessed at
https://esa-p.sso.esa.int/irj/portal
https://esa-p.sso.esa.int/irj/portal
Published: 30 March 2010
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