News articles tagged with 'Fermi'
Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
— 2 Apr 2010 13:56 | AstronomyIf our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon.…
NASA's Fermi closes on source of cosmic rays
— 17 Feb 2010 12:31 | AstronomyNew images from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope show where supernova remnants emit radiation a billion times more energetic than visible light. The images bring astronomers a…
Fermi finds gamma-ray galaxy surprises
— 15 Jul 2009 07:39 | AstronomyBack in June 1991, just before the launch of NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, astronomers knew of gamma rays from exactly one galaxy beyond our own. To their surprise and delight,…
Fermi telescope probes dozens of pulsars
— 3 Jul 2009 01:00 | AstronomyWith NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers now are getting their best look at those whirling stellar cinders known as pulsars. In two studies published in the 2 July edition…
NASA names telescope after Enrico Fermi
— 5 Sep 2008 18:04 | AstronomyNASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope has joined the constellation of satellites named after University of Chicago scientists. NASA announced that the Gamma-ray Large Area Space…
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