The X-IFU Gazette #21 has been released!
Welcome to the 21st issue of the X-IFU Gazette! 2022 is an important year for the X-IFU, and we are […]
Unveiling the secrets of the hot and energetic Universe
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The X-IFU is a revolutionary X-ray spectrometer, one of the two instruments of the European Space Agency’s future space telescope, Athena. It will observe with X-ray eyes, the hot and energetic Universe, a world of clusters of galaxies, black holes, and exploding stars.
Welcome to the 21st issue of the X-IFU Gazette! 2022 is an important year for the X-IFU, and we are […]
All the galaxies in the Universe host a supermassive black hole of unknown origin at their center and the mass of the black hole…
Today, on 11 February, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. For this occasion, the X-IFU […]
"By improving spectral and angular resolutions, with such a large effective area, Athena X-IFU will represent a major step for X-ray astronomy."
Jiri Svoboda
Astronomer at the Astronomic Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
"When Athena X-IFU will be launched, we will see things humans never observed before."
Kazuhisa Mitsuda
Board member
"Once Athena X-IFU will be launched, observation of the sky will be taken to a whole new level. The instrument should be able to reveal the origin of the universe!"
Teresa Mineo
Physicist at INAF
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