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Reconstructing a three dimensional view of stellar explosions

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.

Best wishes for 2017

On behalf of the X-IFU consortium, we would like to wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.We are clearly living through […]

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Another round about the Sun

Message to X-IFU Consortium members: 2016 is coming to an end and looking back a lot has been accomplished by […]

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X-IFU November 2016 meetings

An X-IFU Consortium Management Team meeting will take place at IRAP on Nov. 22-23rd, 2016. It will be followed by […]

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X-IFU Gazette #1

The X-IFU Gazette issue #1 – October 2016 has been released. Enjoy the reading !

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Athena and X-IFU presentation

Latest Athena and X-IFU presentation given at the Breaking the limits conference in Sardinia (Italy, September 2016). Click here to […]

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SPIE 2016 X-IFU overview paper submitted

The SPIE paper was submitted to the SPIE digital proceedings. This is a rather large overview paper describing on where […]

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Group picture of the 4th X-IFU Consortium

 This is the group picture of Consortium Meeting #4.

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New X-IFU web site open

The new X-IFU web site, developed by Studio Urbain, released on May 11th, 2016. It is an evolution of the […]

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X-IFU presence at the SPIE

The Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector for ATHENA X-IFU: a program overview – Dr. Claudio Macculi The Cryogenic AntiCoincidence Detector for ATHENA […]

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Third X-IFU Consortium meeting

On 26th and 27th of October, 2015 IRAP hosted the 3rd X-IFU consortium meeting. This meeting was focussed on describing […]

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X-IFU presentation at the first Athena Conference

Presentation given on behalf of the X-IFU consortium can be found here.

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Response and background files uploaded

Resources for the Athena Working Groups for the Athena Science Impact Exercise have been uploaded. See Resources

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