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XMM-Newton is ESA's second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations.
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. The mystery of what causes Jupiter's X-ray auroras is solved. The ...
Dec 10, 1999 · XMM-Newton overview. 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 hot, dense gas ...
