XMM-Newton studies some of the most violent space phenomena. It investigates the X-ray emission characteristics of galaxies, black holes, neutron stars and pulsars.

The XMM-Newton telescope, which launched on Dec. 10, 1999, has made contributions in various fields of science and astronomy, and has observed objects ranging from galaxy clusters to star flares.

Veteran X-ray telescope discovery shows that... phew, current model of the cosmos still works Astronomers have found a ...

XMM-Newton, the most powerful X-ray observatory ever built and launched into space, marks its 10th anniversary on Dec. 10. XMM-Newton's observations have revolutionized the way we view the hottest ...

September 3, 2009. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope captured the first close-up of a white dwarf star, circling a companion star, that could explode into a ...

When the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton pointed its telescope at two unidentified sources of light in the outskirts of ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have discovered a vast 23 million light-year-wide tendril connecting galactic ...

The XMM-Newton space observatory took off from Kourou, French Guiana one year ago this week. XMM is a space telescope that looks at the very hottest regions and most violent events in space.

For the past four years, while ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has been slewing between different targets ready for the next observation, it has kept its cameras open and used this spare time ...

Leading-edge production technology, developed by Italian company Media Lario Technologies for the extraordinary X-ray telescope on ESA’s XMM-Newton spaceborne observatory, will be used for both ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope combined to provide views like never before along with data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the ...

Using archival data from ESA's XMM-Newton orbital telescope, a team of astronomers from the University of Michigan has calculated the speed of the vast halo composed of incredibly hot gas that ...