ESA Science & Technology - First Results from XMM-Newton

Publication date: 05 January 2001

Journal: A&A
Volume: 365
Issue: 1
Page: L1-L352
Year: 2001

Copyright: ESO 2001

This Special Letters Issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics is dedicated to the first results from XMM-Newton. One year after the launch of the X-Ray space observatory, this series of 56 publications describes the spacecraft and the instruments onboard, and provides a first look at their exciting scientific capabilities.