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The four videos of the #BlackHoleWeek project in collaboration with XMM2Athena and AHEAD2020 - Activities In High Energy Astrophysics #H2020 projects are now open-access in this ACO YouTube playlist ▶️ bit.ly/4dKBZr0

#Interview🔹Aurora Simionescu has just been appointed co-Principal Investigator for the Athena X-IFU project. Research Scientist at SRON Space Research, she looks back on her career and her new role as Co-PI in this interview ▶️ x-ifu.irap.omp.eu/consortium/peo… #PeopleOfXIFU

🔹A design review of the AwaXe ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), developed by Laboratoire Astroparticule & Cosmologie, was held by the X-IFU detection chain working group. The goal of this review was to validate the start of the fabrication by STMicroelectronics foundry ⤵️

#RésultatScientifique X-IFU est un spectromètre à rayons X qui embarquera à bord du télescope Athena en 2037. Il a fait l’objet d’une analyse de l'ensemble de son cycle de vie dans le but de réduire son impact environnemental. Pour en savoir plus ⤵️ insu.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/in…

[Actu #Science IRAP / @[email protected]] Intégrer les contraintes environnementales dans la recherche en astrophysique : l’exemple du Athena X-IFU Travaux publiés dans la revue #Experimental #Astronomy impliquant @DidierBarret et ses collègues ➡️ bit.ly/3XiUVHj

🔷 The X-IFU consortium will be represented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation! 🗓This conference will be held on 16—21 June 2024. 16 presentations at the SPIE conference are related to X-IFU. Find them here 👉 x-ifu.irap.omp.eu/event/the-x-if… #SPIEastro SPIE

🔷 A look back at the X-IFU team outing at the Pic du Midi 📸 🏔 This day-long visit to the iconic site in the Pyrenees was an opportunity to bring together some forty scientists and engineers from IRAP & CNES involved in X-IFU. Many thanks to Observatoire MP & to the whole X-IFU team!

📢 Coming Athena X-ray Advances: ACO Science Webinar A new era for the study of UFOs in AGNs, by Mauro Dadina INAF OAS Bologna 🗓️ 3 July (15-16 CEST) Abstract + connection details ⬇️ bit.ly/3VpwOUS

♻ #Science | The “Life Cycle Assessment of the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit“ was published in Experimental Astronomy! ▶ Since 2021, the X-IFU consortium is involved in a LCA of the instrument. This is a pioneering process in astrophysics research. 🔗x-ifu.irap.omp.eu/science/life-c…

🔷#IAUCAP24 | We were delighted to be able to present #NewAthena and X-IFU at CAP Conference - Communicating astronomy with the public during Host talk 5 at the Cité de l'espace in Toulouse! Resources ⤵️ Video🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=KU9djJ… To download our poster🔗x-ifu.irap.omp.eu/event/cap-conf…

Congratulations to European Space Agency for the successful inaugural flight of #Ariane6 yesterday! The future of #Ariane64 launching the NewAthena ESA Science X-ray Observatory looks promising.

📑 #Publications | Find the latest scientific publications related to X-IFU for the period May, June & July 2024! 🔍 x-ifu.irap.omp.eu/science/latest…

For the #EuropeanResearchersNight, the Athena Community Office, XMM2Athena & AHEAD2020 - Activities In High Energy Astrophysics are organising a Quizizz contest related to X-ray astronomy! #2024XAstrocontest Deadline to participate: 27 Sept Link to the Quizizz and rules here 🔗bit.ly/47xkXd0

#NuitChercheurs | Rendez-vous le 4 octobre à partir de 18h à la Cité de l'espace pour la Nuit des Chercheur·e·s 2024 ! C’est l’occasion de vous faire découvrir le projet X-IFU et la mission NewAthena lors d’une soirée dédiée à la science et à la découverte. Venez nombreux !✨ #FDS2024

#Interview🔹Massimo Cappi is Chair of the X-IFU Science Advisory Team & Senior Researcher at INAF OAS Bologna. His work focuses on observations to study active galactic nuclei (AGN) and instrumental research. He shares his vision of X-IFU's future role ▶️ x-ifu.irap.omp.eu/consortium/peo…

📢 Coming NewAthena X-ray Advances Science Webinar Dissecting the Sgr A* Accretion Flow in X-rays with Chandra, and Prospects for NewAthena, by Mayura Balakrishnan The Department of Astronomy 🗓️ 8 October 15-16 CEST Abstract + connection details 🔗 bit.ly/3XPpjI8

📣 End-to-end #simulations with #SIXTE: #workshop 2024! 🏛️ SRON Space Research - Leiden (the Netherlands) 🗓️ 6th to 8th 2024 ℹ️ ahead.astro.noa.gr/?p=3125 #xrays European Research Executive Agency #astronomy #astrophysics #space

#Outreach | 🎉 Du 4 au 14 octobre, c'est la #FDS2024 ! L'occasion pour nous de faire un retour en images sur la Nuit des chercheur·e·s et d'annoncer que notre nouveau jeu de cartes de médiation scientifique est désormais accessible en téléchargement ! 🔗x-ifu.irap.omp.eu/education-outr…

#Science | Did you know that the calcium in our bones, the iron in our blood & the oxygen we breathe are largely the result of stellar processes, particularly supernovae? 👀💫 🔗 Focus on the reconstruction of a 3D view of stellar explosions ▶ x-ifu.irap.omp.eu/science/recons… Fabio Acero

📢 Coming NewAthena X-ray Advances Science Webinar Deep neural networks for fitting NewAthena X-IFU-like high-resolution X-ray spectra, by Didier Barret IRAP / @[email protected] X-IFU 🗓️ 7 November 15-16 CET Abstract + connection details 🔗 bit.ly/4eeThLI