After launch from Kourou, French Guiana on 10 December 1999, the European Space Agency's X-ray Multi-Mirror satellite is the most powerful X-ray telescope ever placed...
European Arianespace, the world's first and largest commercial space transportation company, is behind the Ariane 5 rocket.
On 10 December 1999 an Ariane-5 from Kourou,...
XMM-newton has, for the first time, detected signals from both stars of a binary pulsar system in X-rays, unveiling a scientific goldmine. Each star of...
Recent observations have uncovered evidence that helps to confirm the identification of the remains of one of the earliest stellar explosions recorded by humans. The...
Part 1 of a video by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) showing the technical facilities of the institute to the Visiting Committee...
Part 2 of a video by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) showing the technical facilities of the institute to the Visiting Committee...