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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.

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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ESA appointed Science Study Team

ESA appointed today the Athena Science Study Team: Kirpal Nandra (Lead scientist), Xavier Barcons, Didier Barret, Anne Decourchelle, Andy Fabian, […]

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Athena formally selected by ESA

ESA has selected the Athena advanced telescope for high-energy astrophysics as its second ‘Large-class’ science mission. See the ESA press […]

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2nd X-IFU consortium meeting announced

The 2nd X-IFU consortium meeting will take place at IAPS from October 28th to 30th.

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First X-IFU Consortium meeting

The first X-IFU consortium meeting took place at IRAP in Toulouse (France). The meeting focused on the mission proposal and […]

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