... December 21, 1999 . XMM Launched . ... Explanation: X-ray astronomy entered a golden age earlier this month with the successful launch of the X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) satellite. ... XMM's observing program during its planned two-year mission includes monitoring the hot surroundings of black holes , the fiery regions surrounding the centers of galaxies , the mysterious X-ray background light that appears to come from all directions, and the hot gas that glows between galaxies and stars. ...
... XMM-Newton Help . ... Observation Status Log . SAS Scientific Validation Data . ... First XMM-Newton Workshop . ... Science With XMM-Newton . ... ESA XMM-Newton Personnel . ... SSC: XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre . ... Click here for further details including detailed workshop program online registration . ... 30-Nov-2001: SAS Workshop 2001; material now available.. The material presented at the SAS Workshop held in ESTEC on November 27-29, 2001 is available here . ... ESA Science . ...