Dr. Victoria Grinberg<p>Happy birthday <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMM</span></a>-Newton!</p><p>I just love the breadth of science that an observatory can achieve: from understanding Jupiter's aurora to what happens very close to black holes or inside neutron stars.</p><p>And I also love than when building a space mission with a nominal lifetime of 4 years & then successfully operate it for 25+, with it still delivering cutting edge science as if it weren't a grandparent of a mission!</p><p>▶️ <a href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/XMM-Newton/XMM-Newton_celebrates_25_years_of_breakthroughs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp</span><span class="invisible">ace_Science/XMM-Newton/XMM-Newton_celebrates_25_years_of_breakthroughs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XraysAreTheBestRays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XraysAreTheBestRays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xmmnewton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xmmnewton</span></a></p>