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Since its launch last June, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a new class of pulsars, probed gamma-ray bursts and watched flaring jets in galaxies billions of light-years away.
Tew's Day! yuki_onna 2009
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But new images from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may bring astronomers a step closer to understanding the source of the Universe's most energetic particles.
Sources of Cosmic Rays Found? Fermi Telescope Closes In | Universe Today 2010
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A next-generation VHE gamma-ray observatory, the Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System AGIS, is already under development.
Solving the Mystery of Cosmic Rays' Origins | Universe Today 2009
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Gamma-ray observations might not have been observed from so far away!
Superbright Supernova First Observed of Antimatter Variety | Universe Today 2009
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Greatt news, Nancy, on results from the first year-long study of the VHE Gamma-ray all sky flux from the Fermi satellite.
Einstein Still Rules, Says Fermi Telescope Team | Universe Today 2009
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Formerly known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the NASA observatory was rechristened after Italian scientist Enrico Fermi following its successful launch in June.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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Researchers reported the findings November 2 at the 2009 Fermi Symposium (named for the Fermi Gamma-ray telescope, the main focus of the conference).
Wired Top Stories Ron Cowen 2009
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When the Gamma-ray strikes into the layer of tungsten in the detector, a pair of subatomic particles is formed through the process of pair production.
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It is also going to inform us about how Gamma-ray bursts achieve their catastrophic energy.
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Gamma-ray cannot penetrate through the earth surface.
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