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XMM

Abbreviation for X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission, the European Space Agency's X-ray space observatory launched in 1999.

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#1·Apr 28, 2026

Abbreviation for X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission, the European Space Agency's X-ray space observatory launched in 1999. Used in astronomy and astrophysics contexts. Informally sometimes called XMM-Newton. Not a slang term — a standard acronym in scientific usage.

The team used XMM data to map the hot gas distribution around the galaxy cluster.
Origin: Initialism for X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission, the ESA X-ray telescope. Editorial expansion authored on Slangora.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission.

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