MISSION NEWS AS OF THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2016

+ FOUND: ANDROMEDA'S FIRST SPINNING NEUTRON STAR
Decades of searching in the Milky Way's nearby 'twin' galaxy Andromeda have finally paid off, with the discovery of an elusive breed of stellar corpse, a neutron star, by ESA's XMM-Newton space telescope.
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+ THREE THOUSAND DRAWINGS TO FLY INTO SPACE ON CHEOPS
Thousands of children across Europe have taken part in a competition to submit drawings that will be miniaturised and sent into space onboard ESA's CHEOPS astronomy satellite.
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+ JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF OUR GALAXY [HEIC1606]
Peering deep into the heart of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a rich tapestry of more than half a million stars in this infrared image.
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ROSETTA BLOG UPDATES

+ COMMUNICATING ASTRONOMY WITH THE PUBLIC: ROSETTA SPECIAL
We're delighted to announce a special issue of the "Communicating Astronomy with the Public" journal, which provides exclusive behind-the-scenes insights into the outreach surrounding the Rosetta Mission.
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