Back to being part of the NewAthena community science working groups: https://www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/en/athena-community

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Feels good to be back (I could not be part pf the official community for a bit due to work), Athena was/is such an integral part of who I am as a scientist and where I see the future of astrophysics!

#astrodon #XraysAreTheBestRays #astrophysics #NewAthena

La ESA aprueba un presupuesto histórico de 22.100 millones de euros. Europa busca independencia con cohetes reutilizables, una misión a Encélado y el observatorio NewAthena, pese a los recortes en exploración lunar.

#ESA #NASA #Encélado #NewAthena #Tutiempo

https://www.tutiempo.net/noticias/europa-blinda-su-autonomia-espacial-presupuesto-record-para-la-esa-y-mision-a-encelado.html

Scientists say a new space telescope will detect massive black holes.

Portuguese researchers predict that Europe's space observatory will detect hundreds of thousands of supermassive black holes.

The European Space Agency's future space observatory, the NewAthena telescope, could detect an unprecedented number of supermassive black holes, some formed when the universe was less than a billion years old.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251107-scientists-say-a-new-space-telescope-will-detect-massive-black-holes?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Space #Astronomy #Portugal #Science #Astrophysics #NewAthena #ESA

A la fin des années 30, la mission #NewAthena de l'ESA orbitera autour de la Terre avec à son bord deux instruments : la caméra WFI et le spectromètre Athena X-IFU, dédiés à la détection et l'analyse des sources X.

Au cours de sa thèse qu'il soutiendra ce lundi prèm, Alexeï Molin a étudié l'une des sources X qui seront observées par X-IFU : le gaz intra-amas (de galaxies), et contribué à l'étalonnage de l'instrument : https://www.irap.omp.eu/event/etude-des-performances-scientifiques-et-de-letalonnage-de-lx-ray-integral-field-unit-a-bord-dathena/

Bonne chance Alexeï pour ta soutenance ! 🍀 👍 👏