News Archive

List of ISDC News on INTEGRAL

2021 MAR 02: INTEGRAL AO 20 ANNOUNCED, deadline on 1 April
2021 OCT 11-15: INTEGRAL Conference 2021 in Sardinia
2021 MAR 01: INTEGRAL AO 19 ANNOUNCED, deadline on 9 April
2020 NOV 04: INTEGRAL detects a magnetar flare with associated Fast Radio Burst.
2020 SEP 15: OSA 11.1 released!
2020 MAR 02: INTEGRAL AO 18 ANNOUNCED, deadline on 4 May
2019 FEB 25: INTEGRAL AO 17 ANNOUNCED, deadline on 5 April
2018 OCT 19: OSA 11.0 released!
2018 OCT 17: INTEGRAL is 16 years old
2018 SEP 19: The 12th INTEGRAL Conference will be organized together with the 1st AHEAD Gamma-ray workshop in Geneva on 11-15 February 2019
2018 SEP 14: The new transient source IGR J17591−2342 is a the 22nd accreting millisecond pulsar
2018 JUN 27: INTEGRAL AO-16 GENERAL PROGRAMME APPROVED>
2018 MAR 05:INTEGRAL AO 16 ANNOUNCED
2017 OCT 16:INTEGRAL SEES BLAST TRAVELLING WITH GRAVITATIONAL WAVES!
2017 APR 13:IBIS/VETO correctly recovered
2017 APR 12:IBIS/VETO MALFUNCTION (continued)
2017 APR 10:IBIS/VETO MALFUNCTION
2017 FEB 20: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-15 (due: 31 March 2017, 14:00 CEST)
2016 MAY 24: The 11th INTEGRAL Conference "Gamma-ray astrophysics in multi-wavelength perspective" held on 10-14 October 2016, in Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016 MAR 30: INTEGRAL sets limits on gamma rays from merging black holes (ESA PR)
2016 JAN 26: INTEGRAL X-rays Earth's Aurora (ESA PR)
2016 JAN 07: Results on V404 Cygni (Dec 15 - Jan 16) on-line
2015 DEC 10: OSA 10.2 released!
2015 JUL 21: INTEGRAL 2015: "The New High Energy Sky after a Decade of Discoveries" held on 5-9 October 2015, in Rome, Italy
2015 JUL 20: INTEGRAL AO-13 General Programme approved
2015 JUL 06: ISDC astronomers use cosmic gravity to create a 'black-hole-scope' (ESA PR, UniGE PR)
2015 JUN 25: Monster black hole wakes up after 26 years (ESA PR)
2015 MAR 09: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-13 (due: Friday, 17 April 2015, 14:00 CEST)
2015 JAN 07: New INTEGRAL Data Distribution Policy for AO-12 (ISDC-News 2015-01-07)
2014 SEP 04: OSA 10.1 released
2014 AUG 28: INTEGRAL catches dead star exploding in a blaze of glory (ESA PR)
2014 AUG 19: The 10th INTEGRAL Workshop "A Synergistic View of the High Energy Sky" held on 15-19 September 2014, in Annapolis, MD, USA.
2014 FEB 18: INTEGRAL source is a runaway pulsar with an extraordinary jet (Chandra PR, APOD, ISDC Result, UniGE)
2014 FEB 04: INTEGRAL observes the closest SN Ia of the last 40 years (ISDC-News 2014-02-04)
2013 NOV 19: INTEGRAL measures the speed of gas from stellar explosions in the Galaxy (ESA PR)
2013 SEP 26: INTEGRAL finds missing link between X-ray and radio pulsars (ESA PR & more, ISDC Result, UniGE)
2013 JUL 03: Release of New SPI Gain Coefficients for SPI Data Analysis
2013 APR 02: INTEGRAL sees a black hole feeding on a super-Jupiter object (ESA PR, ISDC Result, UniGE)
2013 MAR 04: INTEGRAL High mass X-ray binaries trace the Milky Way's spiral arms (ESA PR)
2012 DEC 11: ISDC celebrates 10 years of INTEGRAL (UniGE PR, LémanBleu TV News, Tribune)
2012 NOV 09: ISDC astronomers use INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton to probe neutron star masses (ESA PR)
2012 OCT 22: Explore the high-energy Universe - competition winners at INTEGRAL's 10th anniversary event (ESA PR)
2012 OCT 18: INTEGRAL detects titanium in SN 1987A (ESA PR)
2012 OCT 17: INTEGRAL celebrates a decade of discoveries (ESA PR & more)
2012 MAY 31: Explore the high-energy Universe - competition results (ESA PR)
2012 APR 12: Massive glitch moves magnetar modelling forward (ESA PR)
2012 MAR 30: Download updated JEM-X calibration (see the OSA-News)
2012 MAR 12: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-10 (due: 20 April 2012, 14:00 CEST)
2012 MAR 07: A X5-class Solar flare interrupts INTEGRAL observations (ESA PR)
2012 JAN 25: INTEGRAL reveals new facets of the Vela pulsar wind nebula (ESA PR)
2011 DEC 21: INTEGRAL deciphers diffuse signature of cosmic-ray electrons (ESA PR)
2011 DEC 16: Approved AO-9 Data Right Proposals
2011 OCT 07: Open ISDC Ph.D and PostDoc positions on INTEGRAL
2011 SEP 29: ESA spacecraft reveal new anatomy around a black hole (ESA PR)
2011 SEP 05: ISOC call for AO-9 data right proposals (due: 14 October 2011, 14:00 CEST)
2011 AUG 02: INTEGRAL observations suggest AGN unified model requires a rethink (ESA PR)
2011 JUL 08: INTEGRAL AO-9 General Programme approved
2011 JUN 30: INTEGRAL challenges physics beyond Einstein (ESA PR)
2011 JUN 28: Neutron star caught feasting on clump of stellar matter (ESA PR)
2011 MAY 13: Public INTEGRAL Galactic Scan Key Program Observations (ISDC-News 2011-05-13)
2011 APR 20: INTEGRAL's AO-9 received 49 key program proposals
2011 MAR 24: INTEGRAL spots matter a millisecond from doom (ESA PR)
2011 MAR 08: INTEGRAL Archive: stop of revision-2 archive population. Since revolution 1010, only revision-3 data are available.
2011 MAR 07: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-9 (due: 15 April 2011, 15:00 CEST)
2011 JAN 12: The Crab Nebula: standard candle no more? (ESA PR, NASA Video, ISDC Video)
2010 DEC 21: INTEGRAL is in revolution 1000 until Christmas Eve
2010 NOV 26: INTEGRAL helps unravel the tumultuous recent history of the solar neighbourhood (ESA PR)
2010 NOV 22: INTEGRAL mission extended until 2014 (ESA PR)
2010 SEP 23: Public INTEGRAL Crab and GRB 100915B observations (ISDC-News 2010-09-23)
2010 AUG 30: ISOC call for AO-8 data right proposals (due: 8 October 2010, 14:00 CEST)
2010 AUG 11: INTEGRAL completes the deepest all-sky survey in hard X-rays (ESA PR)
2010 JUL 07: New INTEGRAL catalogue expands gamma-ray horizons (ESA PR)
2010 JUN 25: INTEGRAL AO-8 General Programme approved
2010 JUN 22: INTEGRAL researcher scoops Zeldovich Medal (ESA PR)
2010 MAY 28: Release of the revision 3 of the INTEGRAL archive
2010 MAY 06: ISDC Newsletter issued
2010 MAY 06: INTEGRAL data in HEAVENS
2010 MAY 03: INTEGRAL's OSA9 released
2010 APR 29: INTEGRAL's AO-8 oversubscrition factor is 4.3
2010 MAR 15: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-8 (due: 23 April 2010, 14:00 CET)
2010 MAR 10: INTEGRAL tutorial session at the Saas-Fee course
2009 OCT 26: Download updated JEM-X 1 calibration (see OSA-News 2009-10-26)
2009 SEP 14: INTEGRAL discovers a new millisecond pulsar (see related circulars)
2009 AUG 31: Release of OSA 8.0 (see ISDC-News 2009-08-31)
2009 AUG 18: GRB 090817 in JEM-X's FoV (see ISDC Science Result)
2009 JUL 22: INTEGRAL disproves dark matter origin for mystery radiation (ESA PR)
2009 JUN 16: Giant eruption reveals 'dead' star (ESA PR)
2009 MAY 25: ISOC call for AO-7 data right proposals (due: 3 July 2009, 14:00 CET)
2009 APR 9: What's going-on at ISDC ? (see ISDC-News 2009-04-09)
2009 APR 8: Be an INTEGRAL astronomer - competition (ESA PR)
2009 APR 3: INTEGRAL sees variable polarization from GRB 041219A (ESA PR)
2009 MAR 10: Several postdoctoral and PhD open research positions at ISDC (ISDC-News 2009-03-10)
2009 FEB 6: Public INTEGRAL Crab calibration observations (ISDC-News 2009-02-06)
2009 JAN 23: Public INTEGRAL TOO observation of AXP 1E1547.0-5408 (ISDC-News 2009-01-23, ESA PR)
2009 JAN 23: Strong activity of AXP 1E1547.0-5408
2009 JAN 21: OMC light curves of 20 eclipsing binaries (ESA PR)
2009 JAN 16: Distribution of NRT public data (see updated ISDC-News)
2009 JAN 12: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-7 (due: 20 Feb. 2009, 14:00 CET)
2009 JAN 8: Fast INTEGRAL NRT data distribution to observers
2009 JAN 7: GRB090107B: a long GRB localized by INTEGRAL
2008 DEC 26: GRB081226B: short-hard GRB localized by INTEGRAL
2008 DEC 4: GRB081204: a long GRB localized by INTEGRAL
2008 NOV 14: XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL clues on magnetars (ESA PR)
2008 NOV 11: Announcement of AHEAD meeting in Roma, 9-10 Feb. 2009
2008 OCT 27: Data of 2nd & 3rd public TOO on H1743-322 (see ISDC-News 2008-10-14)
2008 OCT 16: GRB081016A: a long GRB discovered by INTEGRAL
2008 OCT 14: Public INTEGRAL TOO data of H1743-322 (see ISDC-News 2008-10-14)
2008 OCT 13: INTEGRAL finds a population of low-luminosity GRBs (ESA PR)
2008 OCT 3: GRB081003A+B: two long GRBs discovered by INTEGRAL on the same day
2008 SEP 22: GRB080922: a long GRB detected by INTEGRAL
2008 SEP 18: Three open positions at the ISDC (see ISDC-News 2008-09-18)
2008 SEP 16: Updated INTEGRAL reference catalog for OSA on-line
2008 AUG 29: INTEGRAL locates the origin of high-energy emission from the Crab Nebula (ESA PR)
2008 AUG 14: Open position as scientific collaborator for the Gaia project
2008 JUL 23: GRB080723B: a long GRB detected by INTEGRAL
2008 JUL 15: Two open positions as software/data engineer at ISDC
2008 JUN 30: Call for participation in AHEAD proposal
2008 JUN 19: INTEGRAL's AO-6 Programme approved
2008 JUN 11: New version of SPI quicklook point source results
2008 JUN 05: INTEGRAL reveals exotic and dusty binary systems (ESA PR)
2008 JUN 03: GRB080603: a long GRB detected by INTEGRAL
2008 MAY 22: INTEGRAL sees mysterious pulses from magnetars (SRON PR)
2008 APR 15: GRB080414: a long GRB detected by INTEGRAL
2008 MAR 20: INTEGRAL sees the extremely bright GRB080319B
2008 MAR 10: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-6 (deadline: 18 Apr. 2008, 14:00 CET)
2008 FEB 20: INTEGRAL unveils colliding stellar winds from Eta Carinae (ESA press release)
2008 JAN 24: INTEGRAL discovers hard X-ray emission from the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster (ESA press release)
2008 JAN 21: INTEGRAL AO-6 Key Programme approved
2008 JAN 20: GRB080120: a long GRB detected by INTEGRAL
2008 JAN 10: INTEGRAL discovers the galaxy's antimatter cloud is lopsided (ESA press release)
2007 DEC 17: INTEGRAL reveals the distribution of nearby AGN (ESA press release)
2007 NOV 30: ISDC scientist co-discovers hot plasma in the Orion Nebula (ESA Press Release, Science Express)
2007 NOV 11: GRB071109: a long GRB detected by INTEGRAL
2007 NOV 7: New scientific riches from INTEGRAL (ESA press release)
2007 OCT 22: Call for INTEGRAL AO-6 Key Programmes (deadline: 30 Nov. 2007, 15:00 CET)
2007 OCT 18: PostDoc position in star formation at Geneva University (ObsGE & ISDC)
2007 OCT 17: INTEGRAL - 5 years of Science (ESA press release)
2007 OCT 17: GRB071017: A short soft burst seen by INTEGRAL
2007 SEP 28: Release of OSA 7.0 with a special issue of the Newsletter
2007 SEP 27: Shared PhD position at ETH Zurich and at ISDC
2007 SEP 25: GRB070925 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2007 SEP 24: Shared PostDoc position at ETH Zurich and at ISDC
2007 AUG 20: Job offer for ISDC System Administrator (filled)
2007 JUL 7: GRB070707: 1st short/hard burst seen by INTEGRAL
2007 JUL 5: INTEGRAL's AO-5 General Programme approved
2007 JUN 25: INTEGRAL detects radioactive iron (ESA press release)
2007 JUN 15: GRB070615 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2007 JUN 11: INTEGRAL and ISDC on EuroNews TV
2007 JUN 1: ISDC scientist involved in XMM-Newton observations of gas streams around young stars (Press Releases: ESA, A&A)
2007 MAY 22: Programme of the JENAM 2007 EAS Symposium 4 on "High-Energy Astrophysics: the keV-TeV connection"
2007 MAY 10: Open PhD position at the ISDC
2007 MAR 12: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-5 (deadline: 20 Apr. 2007, 14:00 CET)
2007 MAR 11: GRB070309 and GRB070311 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2007 FEB 26: XMM-Newton discovers a magnetic field around a young star (Press releases: ESA, Uni. Genève)
2007 FEB 20: INTEGRAL expands our view of the gamma-ray sky (ESA press release)
2007 FEB 16: INTEGRAL points to the fastest spinning neutron star (ESA press release)
2007 JAN 30: FTP access to near real time data of the INTEGRAL campaign on GX 339-4
2007 JAN 22: INTEGRAL sees the Galactic centre playing hide and seek (ESA press release)
2007 JAN 15: Release of OSA 6.0 with a special issue of the Newsletter
2006 NOV 27: INTEGRAL catches a new erupting black hole (ESA press release, ISDC Science Result)
2006 NOV 22: GRB061122 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2006 OCT 25: GRB061025 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2006 OCT 12: Two open positions at the ISDC for high-energy astrophysicist
2006 OCT 9: AO release for INTEGRAL AO-5 Key Programmes (deadline: 17 Nov. 2006, 15:00 CET)
2006 SEP 30: GRB060930 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2006 SEP 18: IGR J17497-2821: an X-ray nova detected by INTEGRAL ?
2006 SEP 12: GRB060912B in INTEGRAL's FoV
2006 SEP 7: Cosmic hard X-ray background measured by INTEGRAL (ESA press release)
2006 SEP 1: GRB060901 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2006 JUL 26: INTEGRAL sees surprisingly few hidden black holes (press releases: ESA, NASA, UMBC)
2006 JUN 26: INTEGRAL's AO-4 General Programme approved
2006 JUN 16: INTEGRAL sees a GRB out of the corner of its eye (ESA press release)
2006 APR 26: INTEGRAL's AO-4 Statistics available
2006 MAR 27: Release of the 19th ISDC-Astrophysics Newsletter
2006 MAR 13: OSA-News 06/03/13
2006 MAR 13: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-4 (deadline: 21 Apr. 2006, 15:00 CET)
2006 FEB 4: GRB060204 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2006 JAN 30: GRB060130 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2006 JAN 25: Public INTEGRAL data of the Earth observation (see Science Results)
2006 JAN 14: GRB060114 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2006 JAN 5: INTEGRAL/SPI determines the rate of supernovae in the Milky Way (ESA press release)
2005 DEC 12: New transient IGR J01583+6713 discovered by INTEGRAL (ATel 672)
2005 DEC 12: GRB051211B in INTEGRAL's FoV
2005 NOV 24: Release of OSA 5.1 (see ISDC-News 05/11/24)
2005 NOV 7: GRB051105B in INTEGRAL's FoV
2005 OCT 10: New transient IGR J17269-4737 = XTE J1726-476 co-discovered by INTEGRAL and RXTE (ATels 623 & 624)
2005 JUL 14: IGR J16283-4838: a shy star discovered by INTEGRAL (press releases: ESA, GSFC, Uni. Genève, News [2'12" video] on Swiss TV)
2005 JUL 14: GRB050714 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2005 JUL 1: Release of OSA 5.0 with a special issue of the Newsletter
2005 JUN 26: GRB 050626: First GRB in OMC's FoV
2005 MAY 22: XRF 050522: An X-Ray Flash caught by INTEGRAL
2005 MAY 20: GRB 050520 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2005 MAY 4: GRB050504 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2005 MAY 2-3: CHIPP Workshop on Astro-particle Physics
2005 MAY 2: GRB050502 in INTEGRAL's FoV
2005 APR 21: Release of the 17th ISDC-Astrophysics Newsletter
2005 FEB 16: Public INTEGRAL TOO on V0332+53 in Outburst (see ISDC-News 05/02/16)
2005 FEB 11: Data of the third public TOO on V 0332+53 in outburst (see Science Result)
2005 JAN 25: Data of the second public TOO on V 0332+53 in outburst (see Science Result)
2005 JAN 12: Public INTEGRAL TOO data on V 0332+53 in outburst (see Science Result)
2005 JAN 10: INTEGRAL AO-3 General Programme approved
2004 DEC 19: Two bright and long Gamma-Ray Bursts in INTEGRAL's FoV (see GNC reports for GRB041218 & GRB041219)
2004 DEC 15: Release of OSA 4.2 and inclusion of science results in the INTEGRAL Archive (see 16th ISDC-Astrophysics Newsletter)
2004 DEC 2: INTEGRAL discovers IGR J00291+5934, the fastest accreting X-ray millisecond pulsar (see science images)
2004 OCT 15: GRB041015 in INTEGRAL's FoV (see GCN reports)
2004 OCT 13: Revised archive for public data (see ISDC-News 04/10/13)
2004 SEP 13: ISOC opens INTEGRAL's AO-3 (deadline: 29 Oct. 2004, 15:00 CEST)
2004 SEP 6: Release of OSA software version 4.1 (see Release Note)
2004 SEP 3: GRB040903 or new galactic source ?(see GCN reports)
2004 AUG 30: INTEGRAL Bright Source Catalog on-line
2004 AUG 27: GRB040827 in INTEGRAL's FoV (see GCN reports)
2004 AUG 12: GRB040812 in INTEGRAL's FoV (see GCN reports)
2004 JUL 30: GRB040730 in INTEGRAL's FoV (see GCN reports)
2004 JUL 20: More evidence for an obscuring dust torus in NGC 4388 (see ESA and NASA press releases)
2004 JUL 19: Release of OSA software version 4.0 (see ISDC-News 04/07/19)
2004 JUN 24: GRB040624 in INTEGRAL's FoV (see GCN reports)
2004 JUN 18: Release of the 15th ISDC-Astrophysics Newsletter
2004 APR 22: GRB040422 in INTEGRAL's FoV (see GCN reports)
2004 APR 3: GRB040403 localized by INTEGRAL (see GCN reports)
2004 MAR 23: GRB040323, the 10th GRB localized by INTEGRAL (see GCN reports)
2004 MAR 18: INTEGRAL solves the Milky-Way gamma-ray emission mystery (see Press Release)
2004 FEB 23: GRB040223 localized by INTEGRAL (see GCN reports)
2004 FEB 16-20: 5th INTEGRAL Workshop in Munich (see ESA's report)
2004 JAN 6: GRB040106 localized by INTEGRAL (see GCN reports)
2003 DEC 18: Release of the 14th ISDC-Astrophysics Newsletter
2003 DEC 9: Release of OSA software version 3.0 (see ISDC-News 03/12/09)
2003 DEC 3: GRB031203 localized by INTEGRAL (see GCN reports)
2003 NOV 25: Three open positions at the ISDC (see: PDF announcement)
2003 NOV 5: ESA releases INTEGRAL's AO-2 Approved Programme
2003 OCT 28: Publication of INTEGRAL's special issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics
2003 OCT 17: INTEGRAL - 1 year in Orbit (see ESA's communication)
2003 AUG 11: INTEGRAL finished its 100th revolution around the Earth
2003 JUL 18: Release of OSA software version 2.0 (see ISDC-News 03/07/21)
2003 JUL 15: 2nd Announcement of Opportunity (AO-2) (deadline: Sept. 5, 2003, 15:00 CEST)
2003 JUN 16: Release of the 13th ISDC-Astrophysics Newsletter
2003 MAY 26: Release of OSA software version 1.1
2003 MAY 16: Start of data distribution to guest observers
2003 MAY 1: GRB030501 has been localized by INTEGRAL (see GCN reports)
2003 APR 14: First release of the Off-line Scientific Analysis (OSA) software (see ISDC-News 03/04/14)
2003 MAR 20: GRB030320, the 5th GRB localized by INTEGRAL (see GCN reports)
2003 FEB 27: First SPI image and spectrum of GRB030227 detected by IBAS (see GCN reports)
2003 FEB 13: Release of the 12th ISDC-Astrophysics Newsletter
2003 JAN 31: A 3rd GRB (~100 sec long) has been imaged by IBIS (see GCN reports)
2003 JAN 29: ISGRI detection of its first transient source: IGR J16318-4848
2003 JAN 17: The INTEGRAL Burst Alert System (IBAS) started public distribution of GRB alerts
2002 DEC 30: End of the PV phase and start of nominal INTEGRAL operations
2002 DEC 19: First GRB detected by IBAS in the IBIS field-of-view (see GCN reports)
2002 DEC 18: INTEGRAL "First Light" (see ESA's press release)
2002 NOV 25: First Gamma-Ray Burst imaged by IBIS (see GCN reports & GRB images)
2002 NOV 17: IBIS, SPI and JEM-X detection of Cyg X-1 (see Cygnus images)
2002 NOV 14: JEM-X detection of LMC X-3 and LMC X-4
2002 NOV 5: First SPI gamma-ray image
2002 NOV 3: JEM-X detection of Cen X-3
2002 OCT 29: First Gamma-Ray Burst detected by the SPI anticoincidence system
2002 OCT 27: Production of the first JEM-X deconvolved image
2002 OCT 25: Release of the 11th ISDC-Astrophysics Newsletter
2002 OCT 22: Production of the first IBIS/ISGRI deconvolved image
2002 OCT 22: First OMC data analysed at the ISDC
2002 OCT 21: OMC takes its first full detector image of the sky
2002 OCT 20: Production of the first IBIS/PICsIT deconvolved image
2002 OCT 20: The first IBIS/PICsIT events arrived at the ISDC
2002 OCT 17 10.00 CEST: Telemetry received and processed at ISDC
2002 OCT 17 8.30 CEST: INTEGRAL reached its parking orbit, both solar panels fully deployed
2002 OCT 17 6.41 CEST: PROTON rocket lift-off
2002 OCT 16 11.00 CEST: INTEGRAL Flight Operations Director says Integral is GO for launch on schedule
2002 OCT 15: Launch countdown rehearsal successfully completed
2002 OCT 12: INTEGRAL launcher was rolled out and erected on the launch pad
2002 OCT 10: The PROTON rocket with INTEGRAL aboard is completely assembled