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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From the calcium in our bones to the iron in our blood, and oxygen we breathe, are largely the result of stellar processes, particularly supernovae. In the well known sentence "we are all made of stars," we acknowledge our cosmic heritage and the role of these stellar explosions in making life possible.
The X-IFU Consortium is joining the celebrations for the International Day of Girls and Women in Science on 11 February […]
2021 is coming to an end and it is time for us to reflect on this busy year. Technical and […]
The 14th X-IFU Consortium Meeting (CM14) took place virtually from 29 November to 3 December 2021. The meeting was very […]
Welcome to the 20th issue of the X-IFU Gazette! Yes, it is indeed the 20th. To celebrate this great number, […]
Clusters of galaxies are the largest bound astrophysical objects in the Universe. Located at the nodes of the cosmic web, […]
Summer is upon us and we are all looking forward to some relaxing holidays. With this in mind, we have […]
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are bright compact regions located at the centres of some galaxies. These objects are powered by […]
From the temperature at the heart of the instrument to the energy range of the X-rays that we will observe, […]
We are starting this newsletter #18 with a short update from the X-IFU Principal Investigator, Didier Barret, about the release […]
The Athena mirror will use an innovative technology called Silicon Pore Optics (SPO). The technology, combined with appropriate over coating, […]
It was just over 40 years ago when Jupiter’s X-ray aurora was discovered with the Einstein Observatory. Since then, we […]
The 13th X-IFU Consortium Meeting (CM13) took place virtually from 3 to 7 May 2021. In this now familiar virtual […]