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- Dead star lights up nearby galaxy 2024-04-24While ESA's Integral was observing the sky, it suddenly spotted a burst of gamma-rays coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA’s XMM-Newton searched for an afterglow from the explosion but found none. Astronomers realised that the burst must have been an extra-galactic flare from a magnetar, a young neutron star […]
- Signs of spiders from Mars 2024-04-24No sign of Ziggy Stardust – but ESA’s Mars Express has snapped the telltale traces of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region of Mars.
- Virtual tour of ESA’s Test Centre 2024-04-24Image: Virtual tour of ESA’s Test Centre