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 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 #AthenaNuggets 48: Mapping the Surroundings of Supermassive Black Holes 02 Dec 2020 Stefano Bianchi, Università degli Studi Roma Tre Supermassive black holes (SMBHs hereafter) are ubiquitous in the center of galaxies, including... Read more #AthenaNuggets 46: Accretion disks torn apart by magnetic neutron stars 02 Sep 2020 Nathalie Degenaar, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, Univ. Amsterdam Astronomical bodies attract material from their surroundings due to their gravity... Read more #AthenaNuggets 44: The hunt for super-Eddington accretion flows in ultraluminous X-ray sources 03 Jun 2020 Ciro Pinto, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica - Palermo There is nothing hungrier than black holes in the... Read more #AthenaNuggets 42: Tracing The Expanding Universe with Quasars 01 Apr 2020 Elisabeta Lusso, University of Florence First discovered at the end of the 90's by measuring the distances of exploding stars... Read more Pagination First page « Previous page ‹‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page ›› Last page »
#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
#AthenaNuggets 48: Mapping the Surroundings of Supermassive Black Holes 02 Dec 2020 Stefano Bianchi, Università degli Studi Roma Tre Supermassive black holes (SMBHs hereafter) are ubiquitous in the center of galaxies, including... Read more
#AthenaNuggets 46: Accretion disks torn apart by magnetic neutron stars 02 Sep 2020 Nathalie Degenaar, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, Univ. Amsterdam Astronomical bodies attract material from their surroundings due to their gravity... Read more
#AthenaNuggets 44: The hunt for super-Eddington accretion flows in ultraluminous X-ray sources 03 Jun 2020 Ciro Pinto, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica - Palermo There is nothing hungrier than black holes in the... Read more
#AthenaNuggets 42: Tracing The Expanding Universe with Quasars 01 Apr 2020 Elisabeta Lusso, University of Florence First discovered at the end of the 90's by measuring the distances of exploding stars... Read more
