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Record-Setting 'Shockingly Bright' Burst
05.03.13 - A record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy has wowed astronomers around the world.
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The Day Fermi Dodged a 1.5-ton Bullet
04.30.13 - NASA scientists don't often learn that their spacecraft is at risk of crashing into another satellite...
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Dying Supergiant Stars Implicated in Hours-long Gamma-Ray Bursts
04.16.13 - Three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions discovered by NASA's Swift satellite represent a new class of gamma-ray bursts that likely arise from dying stars hundreds of times larger than the sun.
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Fermi Produces a Study in Spirograph
02.27.13 - The Vela pulsar traces out a loopy, hypnotic pattern reminiscent of art produced by a children's toy in this video created with data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
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NASA's Fermi Proves Supernova Remnants Produce Cosmic Rays
02.14.13 - NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals the first clear-cut evidence the expanding debris of exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe.
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Goddard Astrophysicist Wins Prize for Pulsar Work
02.04.13 - To say that Alice Harding, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has a passion for pulsars is a bit of an understatement.
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Galaxy's Gamma-Ray Flares Erupted Far From its Black Hole
01.07.13 - Theorists expect gamma-ray outbursts occur only near a galaxy's central black hole. A few rare observations suggested otherwise.
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Study: Remarkable Symmetry in Black Hole Jets
12.13.12 - High-speed jets launched from active black holes possess fundamental similarities regardless of mass, age or environment, a new study finds.
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Fermi's Vision for Thunderstorm Gamma-Rays Improves
12.06.12 - The Fermi space telescope is now 10 times better at catching brief outbursts of high-energy light produced above thunderstorms.
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Fermi Measures Ancient Starlight's Cosmic 'Fog'
11.01.12 - Fermi has helped make the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe, establishing the total amount that has ever shone.
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Kouveliotou Among 25 Most Influential People in Space
10.24.12 - Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou, an astrophysicist at Marshall Space Flight Center, has been noted among Time Magazine's 25 most influential people in space.
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Committee on Space Research Honors NASA's Neil Gehrels for Science Contributions
06.26.12 - The Committee on Space Research recently announced an award to NASA Astrophysicist Neil Gehrels for research in space science.
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Fermi Detects Solar Flare's Highest-Energy Light
06.11.12 - During a powerful solar blast on March 7, the Fermi telescope detected the highest-energy light ever associated with an eruption on our sun.
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Fermi Provides Dark Matter Insights
04.02.12 - An analysis of two years' worth of data from Fermi is helping narrow down the list of what dark matter could be.
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Fermi Explores New Energy Extremes
01.10.12 - After three years in space, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is now extending its view of the high-energy sky into what to date has been largely unexplored territory.
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Tycho's Star Shines in Gamma-rays
12.13.11 - Fermi has revealed gamma-rays in the remains of a supernova first seen in 1572.
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In Cygnus, Fermi Reveals A Cosmic-ray Cocoon
11.28.11 - Fermi's Large Area Telescope penetrates the dust of the Milky Way's Great Rift to reveal one of our galaxy's richest-known stellar construction zones.
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Fermi Finds Youngest Millisecond Pulsar
11.03.11 - This surprisingly powerful pulsar challenges existing theories about how these objects form.
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Fermi Scientist Earns 2012 Panofsky Prize →
10.12.11 - Dr. Bill Atwood was awarded the prestigious prize for his work on the design, construction and use of Fermi's Large Area Telescope.
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Fermi Highlights Cosmic Mysteries
09.09.11 - If Fermi's catalog of the universe were a recipe, the two major ingredients would be active galaxies and pure mystery.