ESA - Integral - X-rays betray giant particle accelerator in the sky

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What's special?Why do we observe gamma rays?Observations: Seeing in the gamma-ray wavelengths The atoms that make us The densest objects in the Universe Giant black holes Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)

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X-rays betray giant particle accelerator in the sky

24 January 2008

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This animation shows shockwaves travelling through hot gas (in red) as two galaxy clusters collide and merge.

Credits: ESA (Image by Christophe Carreau)

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This is an artist’s impression of ESA’s orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral.

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ESA's gamma-ray astronomy mission

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Integral anniversary

Integral discovers the galaxy’s antimatter cloud is lopsided Understanding our neighbourhood in the universe Extension of ESA’s Integral and XMM-Newton missions approved New scientific riches from Integral Science with Integral – five years on Gamma-ray lighthouse at the edge of our universe Radioactive iron, a window to the stars Integral expands our view of the gamma-ray sky Integral points to the fastest spinning neutron star Integral sees the Galactic centre playing hide and seek Integral catches a new erupting black hole ESA steps towards a great black hole census Where are the supermassive black holes hiding?

Related ESA publications

Integral results leaflet (pdf)Integral mission brochure (pdf)

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