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Athena Community Office official account. The largest X-ray observatory ever built, Athena will investigate some of the hottest and most energetic phenomena in the Universe with spatially-resolved X-ray spectroscopy & deep wide-field X-ray spectra imaging
๐ขNewAthena Intermediate Review declared successful!
Marine Martin-Lagarde, Athena study manager, presented the main conclusions of the review in the NewAthena/X-IFU Consortium meeting, last week.
Mission Adoption Review shall now go ahead as planned in Jun 2026 for Adoption in 2027. ๐
#International Pride Day To all LGBTQIA+ NewAthena community scientists and allies: your contributions matter, your voices belong, and your presence makes our community better.
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๐ฃ Today webinar ๐ฃ
Alessio Mario talk about neutron stars, can't pass it up!
Details of connection ๐ :
www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/en/node/58
๐ฃ We already have the winner of the Black Hole Week. ๐ฃ
And the winner is .......... Mariasole Melara ๐
Congratulations โผ๏ธ
We will be contacting you to send you your prize.
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Correct Answer: B) NewAthena
It will study black holes, focusing on:
How black holes produce high-energy radiation and affect their surroundings.
The connection between black holes and the galaxies theyโre in.
Discovering new AGN types to understand supermassive black hole growth.
5๏ธโฃ * Day 5 *Question:
Which of the following space missions will help us understand black holes better?
A) ESA's Plato
B) ESA's NewAthena
C) NASA's Lucy
D) NASA's NEO surveyor
Reply with your answer below and share why you think it's correct!Weโll post the solution and a cool science fact tomorrow
โ Exactly! It is False! Black holes don't "suck" things in; their gravitational influence is significant only when you're near them.
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4๏ธโฃ ** Day 4 **
True or False:
Black holes suck everything in like a cosmic vacuum cleaner
๐ฌ Reply with "True" or "False" and explain your reasoning!
๐งพ Tomorrow weโll post the solution + a cool science fact.
#BlackHoleWeek #NewAthenaScience #BHchallenge
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Answer
Black holes can be:
๐ก City-sized: stellar black holes
๐ก Planet-sized: hypothetical small or early-universe ones
๐ก Solar system-sized: supermassive black holes
โ Not galaxy-sized โ galaxies contain black holes, not the other way around.
3๏ธโฃ ** Day 3 ** Today question
What size can black holes have?
A) The size of a city
B) The size of our solar system
C) The size of a galaxy
D) The size of a planet
๐ฌ Reply with your answer below (more than one option can be correct!).
๐งพ Tomorrow weโll post the solution + a cool science
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Correct Answer: C) A massive star collapsing under its own gravity.
When a massive star runs out of fuel, its core collapses inward. If it's heavy enough, it forms a black hole. Gravity crushes it past the point of no return! ๐ชโก๏ธ๐ณ๏ธ
2๏ธโฃDay 2Today Question
What causes a stellar black hole to form?
A) Two stars colliding
B) A planet collapsing
C) A massive star collapsing under its own gravity
D) A neutron star absorbing dark matter
๐ฌ Reply with your answer (more than one option can be correct!).Tomorrow weโll post the solution
2๏ธโฃDay 2Today Question
What causes a stellar black hole to form?
A) Two stars colliding
B) A planet collapsing
C) A massive star collapsing under its own gravity
D) A neutron star absorbing dark matter
๐ฌ Reply with your answer (more than one option can be correct!).Tomorrow weโll post the solution
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Correct Answer B
The event horizon is the boundary beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull of a black hole.
๐ง Did you know? The term "event horizon" was popularized in the 1950s, but the concept dates back to the 18th century (by John Michell).
1๏ธโฃDay1 โTodayโs Question:
What is the event horizon of a black hole?
A) The point where time stops for all the observers
B) The edge beyond which nothing can escape
C) The center of the black hole
D) A ring of light around the black hole
๐ฌ Reply with your answer.Tomorrow weโll post the solution
๐ Bonus:
Those with the most correct answers will be entered into a raffle to win some exclusive NewAthena merch!
๐ก Remember, itโs all about learning (and maybe having a laugh along the way).
Next week we start, stay tuned to our social media!
๐ฏ How to Play:
Read the daily question
Drop your answer in the comments
Weโll reveal the correct answer tomorrow, along with a cool explanation!
๐งต prize......
๐ง Welcome to the Athena Black Hole Challenge: Are You Smarter Than an Expert? ๐งโ๐
This Black Hole Week, we're diving into the mysteries of the universe with fun and engaging science questions. No boring quizzesโjust strange facts and cosmic wonders about black holes!
๐งต rules.....
and Santiago Terrรณn from AVS, the current work on the X-IFU cryostat.
23.04.2025 16:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Today it is time for NewAthena/X-IFU: showing how the work for the mission is progressing at a good pace! ๐
Bea Cobo de @ifca.es presents the instrument, IFCA's work for the Event Processor and the ACO (Athena Community Office)
Now discussing about "Challenges of space research in the era of the Spanish Space Agency", our NASST member @nandarea.bsky.social and X-IFU Consortium Member Miguel Mas-Hesse
22.04.2025 13:10 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
And of Dr. Frรฉdรฉric Safa,
ESA Head of Future Missions
ESA Director of Science, Prof. Carole Mundell
22.04.2025 11:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Our ๐ NewAthena mission present at the meeting VIII JORNADAS RIA-MAD4SPACE "Desarrollo de instrumentaciรณn astronรณmica y exploraciรณn espacial en Espaรฑa" at the headquarter of @csic.es in the presentations of
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๐ข Coming #NewAthena #ScienceWebinar
eROSITA view of the WHIM emission in cosmic filaments, by Xiaoyuan Zhang, @mpe-garching.bsky.social
๐๏ธ 22April 2025, 14:00-15:00 CET
Abstract + connection details
๐www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/en/blog/erosita-view-whim-emission-cosmic-filaments
Bringing #NewAthenaScience #NewAthenaPapers #Papertime!
โ๏ธ Summary of the paper: Cooling rate and turbulence in the intracluster medium of the cool-core cluster Abell 2667. By Marika Lepore | INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri.
๐https://www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/en/node/901
Bringing #NewAthenaScience #NewAthenaPapers #Papertime!
Bayesian insights into the Tycho supernova remnant: A detailed mapping of ejecta properties. By Leila Godinaud | @univparissaclay.bsky.social , @cea.fr, @cnrs-paris-saclay.bsky.social.
๐https://www.the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu/en/node/900
Today the #NewAthenaPeople is @nandarea.bsky.social
Nanda is a research professor at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) in Barcelona, Spain and is a member of the NewAthena Science Study Team.
