XMM-Newton:
The European Space Agency's X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) telescope captures traces of X-rays from black holes and the formation of galaxies that can't been seen from Earth. The spacecraft three sensitive X-ray telescopes detect traces of the birth and death of distant stars, providing clues to the future of our own star, the Sun.
The orbiting telescope has allowed scientists to observe a million-degree plasma in the Orion Nebula, determine the age of a supernova remnant and discover the first black hole in a globular star cluster.
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The spacecraft is named for the English mathematician Isaac Newton (right).
