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XMM-Newton:XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity (AO-13) 27 Aug 2013 | 05:13 pm
Proposals are solicited for observations with XMM-Newton in response to the thirteenth Announcement of Opportunity, AO-13, issued 27 August 2013. This AO covers the period May 2014 to April 2015 and i...
Hubble:Hubble explores the origins of modern galaxies - Astronomers see true shapes of galaxies 11 billion years back in time [heic1315] 15 Aug 2013 | 03:12 pm
Astronomers have used observations from Hubble's CANDELS survey to explore the sizes, shapes, and colours of distant galaxies over the last 80% of the Universe's history. In the Universe today galaxie...
XMM-Newton:Weakling magnetar reveals hidden strength 14 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton have measured the magnetic field in a small surface feature of a magnetar - a highly magnetised pulsar - for the first time. Until now, only the dipolar magnetic fie...
Hubble:Hubble finds source of Magellanic Stream - Astronomers explore origin of gas ribbon wrapped around our galaxy [heic1314] 8 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have solved the 40-year-old mystery of the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly halfway around the Milky Way. N...
Hubble:When galaxies switch off - Hubble's COSMOS survey solves 'quenched' galaxy mystery [heic1313] 1 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm
Some galaxies hit a point in their lives when their star formation is snuffed out, and they become "quenched". Quenched galaxies in the distant past appear to be much smaller than the quenched galaxie...
XMM-Newton:Latest XMM-Newton catalogue offers new X-ray vision 23 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
The release of a new catalogue from the XMM-Newton space telescope provides an unprecedented cosmic X-ray library for the exploration of the extreme Universe. The third XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source...
Cluster:Wobbly magnetic reconnection speeds up electrons 18 Jul 2013 | 01:01 pm
Scientists have discovered a missing piece in the puzzle of where high-energy particles in Earth's magnetosphere come from. Using data from ESA's Cluster mission, they found that magnetic reconnection...
Venus Express:No. 259 - End of superior conjunction and resumption of science operations; automation of spacecraft passes at the Mission Operations Ce... 15 Jul 2013 | 02:56 pm
Report for the period 31 March 2013 to 27 April 2013.This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes end of planned superior conjunction shutdown, resumption of scienc...
Venus Express:No. 258 - Beginning of superior conjunction and planned science downlink shutdown 15 Jul 2013 | 12:46 pm
Report for the period 3 March to 30 March 2013. This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, from 3 March to 30 March 2013. It includes entry into superior conjunction and plan...
Hubble:Hubble spots azure blue planet - True colour of exoplanet measured for the first time [heic1312] 11 Jul 2013 | 03:55 pm
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have, for the first time, determined the true colour of a planet orbiting another star. If seen up close this planet, known as HD 189733b, would b...
