Thursday, January 7, 2010

(Belated) Happy Birthday XMM

The largest X-ray telescope ever launched to space, ESA's XMM-Newton has just celebrated 10 years in orbit. Go here to read more about this telescope, the highlights of the previous decade, and its plan for the future. Here's hoping for (at least) one more decade of operations!

PS. Listen to this with Dr. Ann Hornschemeier of Goddard Space Flight Center about the next big X-ray satellite, current dubbed Constellation-X.

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