Chris Done, Center for Extragalactic Astronomy, Department of Physics, University of Durham

Black holes are black, but material captured by...

Jörn Wilms¹, Thomas Dauser¹ and Arne Rau²

(1)Remeis Observatory & ECAP, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (2)Max-Planck Institut fuer...

Christian Motch. Observatoire Astronomique Strasbourg

Galaxies often host non-nuclear accreting ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs).

Simone Lotti¹ & Silvano Molendi²

(1) INAF/IAPS

(2) INAF/IASF

Observations of faint X-ray sources are traditionally limited by instrumental background.

María Díaz-Trigo, ESO

The brightest X-ray sources in our galaxy are X-ray binaries. In these systems, a normal star and...

Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, University College London/Mullard Space Science Laboratory

Planets, moons and comets in our solar system are the astronomical bodies...

Lionel Duband, CEA Grenoble, Service des Basses Températures (INAC/SBT)

Athena and other future space missions call for an extended lifetime...

Gabriel W. Pratt, CEA Saclay, Département d’Astrophysique

Matter in the Universe is distributed in a foam-like structure of voids and...

Arne Rau, WFI Project Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

The Wide Field Imager (WFI) will provide two defining...