Science Nuggets Small pieces of wisdom to approach the science of the mission to the scientific community but also to the non-experts. Buscar #AthenaNuggets 61: Gone with the stellar winds 06 Apr 2022 Grégor Rauw, Université de Liège Among the stellar populations of our Galaxy, stars with masses above 10 solar masses are... Read more #AthenaNuggets 60: Anticipating the unexpected 02 Mar 2022 Eleonora Troja1 & Stéphane Basa2 (1) Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’ (2) Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille... Read more #AthenaNuggets 59: Athena’s discovery potential for nearby X-ray emitting large-scale filaments 09 Feb 2022 Thomas H. Reiprich, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn Almost half of the normal matter in the local Universe is still... Read more #AthenaNuggets 57: The hunt for high-redshift quasars 06 Oct 2021 Julien Wolf, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Quasars constitute an ultra-luminous subspecies of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Read more #AthenaNuggets 55: Unveiling the Nature of the Mysterious Soft X-ray Excess in Active Galactic Nuclei 07 Jul 2021 Francesco Ursini1, Giorgio Matt1 & Pierre-Olivier Petrucci2 (1) Roma Tre University (2) IPAG While all galaxies... Read more #AthenaNuggets 54: Interstellar Dust in Our Galaxy 09 Jun 2021 Elisa Costantini (SRON, Netherlands) Dust is everywhere in the Universe, from stellar disks that eventually form planets and life to... Read more #AthenaNuggets 53: Searching for String Theory with Athena 05 May 2021 Francesca Chadha-Day, Durham University String theory is a theory of quantum gravity. Read more #AthenaNuggets 51: Gazing into the history of the Universe: How stars and supernovae shape the chemistry of galaxy clusters 03 Mar 2021 François Mernier1 & Edoardo Cucchetti2 (1) ESA/ESTEC (2) CNES As Carl Sagan famously observed, “We are made of star-stuff”. Read more #AthenaNuggets 49: Squeezing of Pulsar Wind Nebulae 13 Jan 2021 Diego F. Torres, ICREA - Institute of Space Sciences Even though pulsars are best-known for their periodic pulses, their pulsed... Read more Pagination First page « Previous page ‹‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page ›› Last page »
#AthenaNuggets 61: Gone with the stellar winds 06 Apr 2022 Grégor Rauw, Université de Liège Among the stellar populations of our Galaxy, stars with masses above 10 solar masses are... Read more
#AthenaNuggets 60: Anticipating the unexpected 02 Mar 2022 Eleonora Troja1 & Stéphane Basa2 (1) Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’ (2) Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille... Read more
#AthenaNuggets 59: Athena’s discovery potential for nearby X-ray emitting large-scale filaments 09 Feb 2022 Thomas H. Reiprich, Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn Almost half of the normal matter in the local Universe is still... Read more
#AthenaNuggets 57: The hunt for high-redshift quasars 06 Oct 2021 Julien Wolf, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Quasars constitute an ultra-luminous subspecies of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Read more
#AthenaNuggets 55: Unveiling the Nature of the Mysterious Soft X-ray Excess in Active Galactic Nuclei 07 Jul 2021 Francesco Ursini1, Giorgio Matt1 & Pierre-Olivier Petrucci2 (1) Roma Tre University (2) IPAG While all galaxies... Read more
#AthenaNuggets 54: Interstellar Dust in Our Galaxy 09 Jun 2021 Elisa Costantini (SRON, Netherlands) Dust is everywhere in the Universe, from stellar disks that eventually form planets and life to... Read more
#AthenaNuggets 53: Searching for String Theory with Athena 05 May 2021 Francesca Chadha-Day, Durham University String theory is a theory of quantum gravity. Read more
#AthenaNuggets 51: Gazing into the history of the Universe: How stars and supernovae shape the chemistry of galaxy clusters 03 Mar 2021 François Mernier1 & Edoardo Cucchetti2 (1) ESA/ESTEC (2) CNES As Carl Sagan famously observed, “We are made of star-stuff”. Read more
#AthenaNuggets 49: Squeezing of Pulsar Wind Nebulae 13 Jan 2021 Diego F. Torres, ICREA - Institute of Space Sciences Even though pulsars are best-known for their periodic pulses, their pulsed... Read more
