NASA explains Fermi telescope does not detect gamma-rays from nearby supernova

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope "detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light" from a nearby supernova. NASA explains. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
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NASA’s Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma Rays From Star Factories In Other Galaxies

Nearby galaxies undergoing a furious pace of star formation also emit lots of gamma rays, say astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Two so-called “starburst” galaxies, plus a ...
Phys.org

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detects surprise gamma-ray feature beyond our galaxy

This artist's concept shows the entire sky in gamma rays with magenta circles illustrating the uncertainty in the direction from which more high-energy gamma rays than average seem to be arriving. In ...
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NASA's Fermi space telescope finds a strange supernova with missing gamma rays

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deep purple spiral galaxy is seen head-on, and a small bright dot toward the top of this spiral has been highlighted and circled ...
Ars Technica

Astronomers find first emission spectra in brightest GRB of all time

Scientists have been all aflutter since several space-based detectors picked up a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) in October 2022—a burst so energetic that astronomers nicknamed it the BOAT (Brightest ...
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NASA’s Fermi Telescope Celebrates First Year of Gamma-Ray Science

WASHINGTON — NASA will hold a news teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to discuss the first-year science results from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. This event replaces the ...
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Scientists move closer to confirming existence of dark matter

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bright band of diffuse gamma ray glow along the map's center, which marks the central plane of the Milky Way galaxy, is seen in ...
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NASA's Fermi Detects Gamma-Ray Signal Outside Our Galaxy

Astronomers utilizing 13 years of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made an unexpected and unexplained discovery - a gamma-ray signal outside our galaxy. Presenting their findings ...
ExtremeTech

Fermi Space Telescope Detects First-Ever Gamma-Ray Eclipses in 'Spider' Systems

Pulsars are some of the most extreme and fascinating objects in the universe, and NASA's Fermi Space Telescope has just unlocked a new way to study them. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...
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NASA's Fermi telescope discovers unknown gamma-ray pattern beyond our galaxy

Jan. 11 (UPI) --Astronomers studying gamma rays said they have found a mysterious phenomenon just outside of the Milky Way. Researchers published the findings in study Wednesday in The Astrophysical ...
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[WATCH] NASA Fermi's Unique 14-Year Time-Lapse Tour of the Gamma-Ray Sky

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope team has produced a 14-year time-lapse movie showcasing the dynamic gamma-ray sky. The footage, created from the data collected by Fermi's Large Area Telescope ...