Best of Science images

A selection of images showing ESA's missions to explore the Universe and the Solar System and their results.

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Caption:

Exosat, 1983-1986, Europe's first insights into the X-ray cosmos.

Credits:

ESA

ID number:

SEMG0TVPXPF

HI-RES JPEG size:

76 kb

Description

Exosat was the first ESA mission entirely devoted to studying the Universe in the X-ray. It made over 1700 observations, from white dwarfs to X-ray binary systems, supernova remnants, and clusters of galaxies.

For more information on the Exosat mission, please click on the following link: ESA Exosat

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