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Consortium meeting #16

The X-IFU Consortium meeting #16 will take place in Toulouse on June 19th-23rd in hybrid format. It will provide the […]

Consortium meeting #16

The X-IFU Consortium meeting #16 will take place in Toulouse on June 19th-23rd in hybrid format. It will provide the […]

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Happy Holidays & Happy New Year 2023!

2022 was a rather intense year for X-IFU with the unanticipated effects of the cost overrun of the Athena mission. […]

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A virtual X-IFU Consortium Meeting #15

A New X-IFU has arrived! From 29 November to 1st December, 186 women and men gathered online for the 15th X-IFU Consortium […]

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The X-IFU Gazette #22 has been released!

Welcome to the 22nd issue of the X-IFU Gazette! In this issue, the X-IFU Project Manager, Vincent Albouys, gives us […]

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Investigating the building blocks of the Universe in X-rays

Image credit: © ESO The astronomer Carl Sagan once said: “We are made of stardust”. This is, to a large […]

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Detecting X-rays at IRAP

The test platform developed by IRAP and CNES in Toulouse is a key element of the demonstration of the detection […]

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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 […]

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Investigating outflowing gas around Supermassive black holes

All the galaxies in the Universe host a supermassive black hole of unknown origin at their center and the mass of the black hole…

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Women in Science Day: AstroSciku contest results

Today, on 11 February, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. For this occasion, the X-IFU […]

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Athena School 2022 announcement

We are pleased to announce the first edition of the Athena School: “The Universe in the era of spatially resolved, […]

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Women in Science Day: AstroSciku contest

The X-IFU Consortium is joining the celebrations for the International Day of Girls and Women in Science on 11 February […]

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Happy holidays and a happy New Year!

2021 is coming to an end and it is time for us to reflect on this busy year. Technical and […]

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