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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.
XMM-Newton, also known as the High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission, is an X-ray space observatory launched by the European Space Agency in December 1999 on an Ariane 5 rocket. It is the second cornerstone mission of ESA's Horizon 2000 programme.
Dec 10, 1999 · Artist's impression of XMM-Newton. Name: XMM-Newton (XMM from X-ray Multi-Mirror) Launched: 10 December 1999. Status: In operation. Objective: Increase our knowledge of very hot objects often created through cataclysmic events. Among its targets are active black holes, neutron stars, supernova remnants and clusters of galaxies with regions of ...
Dec 10, 1999 · 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.
