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Twenty years of X-ray astronomy with XMM-Newton

Submit on Monday, December 9th, 2019 22:57

The XMM-Newton X-ray observatory developed and built by Airbus for the European Space Agency (ESA) lifted off on 10 December 1999. Since its launch, XMM-Newton has simultaneously collected X-rays, visible and ultraviolet light and demonstrated its role as one of the most important astronomical observatories of all time.

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