July 08 News & Notes.
Eris, Xena, or Plutoid? Note tiny Dysnomia to the right. (Credit, APOD & NASA). Attack of the Plutoids? On June 11th, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) handed down yet another definition...
View Article23.10.09:Fermi Pegs Gamma-Ray Pulsars.
NASA’s Large Area Telescope aboard the orbiting Fermi gamma-ray observatory continues to turn out some amazing science, picking up where Compton left off in 2002 as it surveys the gamma-ray sky. Of...
View Article30.03.10- Fermi: On the Hunt for Dark Matter.
One of the major astrophysical mysteries of our time may be on the verge of being solved. Namely, where is 85% of our universe? Thats the amount that is predicted to be composed of enigmatic dark...
View Article01.06.10: Do Primordial Magnetic Fields Roam the Cosmos?
NASAs Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may have uncovered a new high energy mystery. Like our own Earth, galaxies and even large scale galaxy clusters have magnetic fields shrouding them. The...
View ArticleThe Great Orbiting Observatory Series: Part III: Gamma-Ray Telescopes.
Compton is placed into orbit by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. (Credit: NASA/Art Explosion). By far, the portion of the spectrum with the coolest Science fiction-friendly name is gamma-ray. The highest...
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