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Active galaxies flare and fade in Fermi telescope all-sky movie

Active galaxies flare and fade in Fermi telescope all-sky movie (w/Video)

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created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

The gamma-ray sky comes alive in a movie made from data acquired by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope during its first three months of operations. Gamma rays from sources near and far turn the sky into ...





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Seeing the universe through gamma-ray eyes

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created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 2

The scientists have stopped holding their breath. Three weeks after the launch of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), researchers from Stanford University, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and elsewhere ...


Fermi Large Area Telescope Reveals Pulsing Gamma-Ray Sources

Fermi Large Area Telescope Reveals Pulsing Gamma-Ray Sources

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division and a team of international researchers have positively identified cosmic sources of gamma-ray emissions through the discovery ...


NASA targets GLAST launch for June 7

NASA targets GLAST launch for June 7

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created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 ...


Fermi Large Area Telescope reveals pulsing gamma-ray sources

Fermi Large Area Telescope reveals pulsing gamma-ray sources

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created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 9

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Space Science Division and a team of international researchers have positively identified cosmic sources of gamma-ray emissions through the discovery of 16 ...


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NASA targets GLAST launch for no earlier than June 11

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created Jun 06, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA has set June 11 as the new no-earlier-than target launch date for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch window extends from 11:45 ...


Into the eye of the helix

Into the eye of the helix

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created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, lies about 700 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius (the Water Bearer). It is one of the closest and most spectacular examples of a planetary nebula.


Large Area Telescope First Year Data Released

Large Area Telescope First Year Data Released

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created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the Large Area Telescope launched aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in June 2008, the LAT team has been analyzing data, searching for answers to some of the most pressing ...


'Extreme Physics' Observatory Prepares for Flight

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created May 18, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Scientists and engineers have completed assembly of the primary instrument for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, a breakthrough orbiting observatory scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ...


Large Area Telescope explores high-energy particles

Large Area Telescope explores high-energy particles

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is making some exciting discoveries about cosmic rays and the Large Area Telescope aboard Fermi is the tool in this investigation. Scientists in the ...


'Extreme Physics' Observatory Ready for Final Assembly

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created Sep 21, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The primary instrument for NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) arrived at General Dynamics, Scottsdale, Ariz., on September 18 for mounting onto the spacecraft.



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