Some H.E.S.S. Highlights

March 2007: H.E.S.S. is awarded the 2006 Descartes Prize for Research, together with two other European projects. Press releases by European Commission, by MPG and CNRS, INSU, CEA as well as the Czech Republic
February 2007: HESS J1023-575 - Discovery of a new type of very-high-energy gamma-ray emitter (Press release at the First GLAST Symposium, Standford, USA)

November 2006: The H.E.S.S. experiment discovers a cosmic timekeeper - the first observation of periodic very high energy gamma ray emission (Astronomy & Astrophysics 460, Nov. 26, 2006, preprint, H.E.S.S. press release, see also MPG, PPARC) )

October 2006: H.E.S.S. discovers drastic variations of very-high-energy gamma rays from the central engine of the radio galaxy M87 (Science Express, Oct. 26, 2006, H.E.S.S. press release, see also MPG ( E, D), Univ. Heidelberg (E, D) , link to reprint under H.E.S.S. journal publications)

April 2006: Measurements of two distant quasars by H.E.S.S. reveal that intergalactic space is more transparent to gamma-rays than previously thought (Nature 440 (2006) 1018-1021, preprint, H.E.S.S. press release, see also MPG, CNRS, PPARC)

February. 06: H.E.S.S. detects gamma-ray afterglow from Galactic Centre gas clouds, indicative a of pre-historic particle accelerator (Nature 439 (2006) 695, H.E.S.S. press release, see also MPG, CNRS, PPARC)

Dec. 05: H.E.S.S. is among the 10 finalists for the Descartes research prize in 2005 for excellence in scientific collaborative research. The award money will be used to support exchange of young scientists, in particular with our African partners.

July 05: Discovery of VHE gamma-ray emission from the X-ray binary LS 5039 (Science Express, preprint, H.E.S.S. press release, see also MPG, CNRS, INSU, PPARC)

March 05: Survey of the Galactic plane reveals a new population of TeV gamma-ray sources (Science 307 (2005) 1938, Reprint; H.E.S.S. press release, see also MPG / CNRS/IN2P3/CEA / PPARC)

November 04: first image of a supernova shell in TeV gamma rays (Nature 432, 75 (2004), reprint; press release: MPG / CNRS/IN2P3/CEA / PPARC; APOD)
Images from the H.E.S.S. Phase I Inauguration, Sept. 28, 2004 and the H.E.S.S. Open Day, Oct. 2, 2004; see also Inaugration web pages