A team of astronomers found there might be more to the early expansion of the Universe by studying quasars
Astronomers could have discovered how dark matter interacts with galaxies
This study revealed that unusual X-ray results of galaxy clusters could be explained by dark matter
Jupiter’s ‘light show’ found to pulsate at its poles
By observing the X-ray emissions from the Jovian planet, scientists speculate that the planet’s magnetic field could be causing unusual aurora
Spacecraft finds brightest and most-distant ‘dead star’
ESA’s XMM-Newton has found a pulsar – the spinning remains of a once-massive star – that is a thousand times brighter than previously thought possible
Young magnetic star likely to be the slowest ever detected
Astronomers have found evidence for what is likely one of the most extreme pulsars, or rotating neutron stars, found
Extreme space winds spotted racing from mysterious binary stars
ESA’s XMM-Newton has discovered gas streaming away at a quarter of the speed of light from very bright X-ray binaries in two nearby galaxies
What is ESA’s ATHENA mission?
We find out what ATHENA will able to achieve in terms of space exploration
Supermassive black hole’s relativistic spin rate measured for the first time
Two X-ray space observatories have teamed up to make the first measurement of a supermassive black hole’s spin.