A new version of the XMM-Newton EPIC Serendipitous Source Catalogue, 4XMM-DR12, has been released by the XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre (XMM-SSC) in collaboration with the SOC. This version includes an extra year of data with respect to 4XMM-DR11. 4XMM-DR12 includes 939270 X-ray detections which relate to 630347 unique X-ray sources from 12712 observations that were…
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Our coordinator, Natalie Webb, will be giving a talk about XMM2ATHENA project (https://spie.org/astronomical-telescopes-instrumentation/presentation/XMM2ATHENA-the-H2020-project-to-improve-XMM-Newton-analysis-software/12181-90) next week at the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, the most valuable technical event for ground-based, airborne, and space-based telescopes, and their supporting instrumentation. With a strong program and an active community, this event allows researchers and engineers to share advancements, discoveries,…
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The Mothers In Astronomy 2022 book is an initiative of Dr Paola Pinilla (MPIA and MSSL/UCL) and Dr Maria Claudia Ramirez-Tannus (MPIA). Its aim is to: Amplify the voices of mothers in astronomy. Raise awareness of the challenges they face. Highlight the positive impact of motherhood on their careers. Create collective empowerment by inspiring and…
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BlackHoles are possibly the most intriguing objects in the Universe. What do you know about them? There are many questions, doubts, around these objects and during the week of May 2 – 6 our scientists will answer crucial questions about black holes for this #BlackHoleWeek! Like @athena.xray.observatory @AthenaXIFU @AHEAD2020 & @XMM2Athena to get all the…
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On 12 April, Hugo TRANIN will present his thesis work during a presentation adapted to the general public, followed by an informal discussion, in the Café L’Astronef. Here is a summary of his presentation: “When astronomers first sent an X-ray detector into space in 1962, they expected to see only the Sun. However, they discovered…
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Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century. Women are increasingly being recognized as more vulnerable to climate change impacts than men, as they constitute the majority of the world’s poor and are more dependent on the natural…
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The SIXTE team for the end-to-end simulator for ATHENA and other X-ray astronomical missions is happy to announce its next hands-on workshop, following the previous SIXTE workshops in Toulouse (2016), Bamberg (2018), Cambridge, MA (2018), and Santander (2019). Given the pandemic, the workshop will be held online in a combination of Zoom and gather town,…
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Welcome to Sudip Chakraborty. Sudip has joined the CEA team in February, under the supervision of Jean Ballet. He will work mostly on work package 4, but he will also contribute to work packages 5, 6 and 9. He will be in charge of tasks T4.2 and T4.3. Welcome in the project!
We are pleased to announce the first edition of the Athena School: “The Universe in the era of spatially resolved, high-resolution, X-ray spectroscopy”. This CNRS thematic school will be held from the 20th to the 24th of June 2022 in Toulouse, France. It is open to the whole French astronomical community, regardless of prior experience…
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The result of the AstroSciku contest to celebrate the International Day of Girls and Women in Science is out! This year we presented a joint international initiative of the Athena Community Office, the XMM2ATHENA project, the X-IFU and WFI consortia and the AHEAD2020 project with the aim of showing the contributions of women to science…
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