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Come analyze HEASARC, IRSA, and MAST data in the cloud! The Fornax Initiative is now welcoming all interested beta users.

Use of HEASARC Data

HEASARC materials are all available freely for your use.

If using the HEASARC service made a significant contribution to a research project, please make the following acknowledgement in any resulting publication:

"This research has made use of data and/or software provided by the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), which is a service of the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA/GSFC."

Some of our data are provided to us from other agencies such as JAXA and ESA. Specific wording for such missions is listed here:

  • XMM: The XMM-Newton data are open and free to use by everyone worldwide for non-commercial purposes, provided that proper acknowledgment is given. When publishing a paper using XMM-Newton data, the following text shall be included, preferably as a footnote to the title:
    "Based on observations obtained with XMM-Newton, an ESA science mission with instruments and contributions directly funded by ESA Member States and NASA".