Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies that are…
Browsing: Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Read news about the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, formerly called the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST). It is a space observatory that provides astronomers with a superior tool to study how black holes, notorious for pulling matter in, can accelerate jets of gas outward at fantastic speeds.
Astronomers discover the most energetic gamma-ray burst ever witnessed. Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic…
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a faint but sprawling glow of high-energy light…
Is there dark matter at the center of the Milky Way? A new analysis puts…
First Detection of Inverse Compton Emission From Dying Gamma-Ray Burst A dying star emits intense…
Second fastest spinning radio pulsar known is a gamma-ray pulsar, too. Multi-messenger observations look closely…
If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter…
A black hole and its shadow have been captured in an image for the first…
Astronomers found a pulsar hurtling through space at nearly 2.5 million miles an hour —…
Scientists using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have measured all the starlight produced…
In 2017, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope played a pivotal role in two important breakthroughs…
Long ago, sky watchers linked the brightest stars into patterns reflecting animals, heroes, monsters and…
An international team of scientists studying what amounts to a computer-simulated “pulsar in a box”…
Astronomers typically study objects that are visible night after night or explode suddenly, like supernovas,…
An international collaboration operating NASA’s NuSTAR satellite has revealed that two of the biggest stars…
The “ghostly particle” is confirmed to have originated from a blazar, nearly 4 billion light…
For the first time ever, scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found the…
Astronomers and physicists around the world, including in Hawaii, have begun to unravel a long-standing…