NASA's Fermi Space Telescope Reveals New Source of Gamma Rays

NASA's Fermi Space Telescope Reveals New Source of Gamma Rays
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 05, 2014 - Observations by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope of several stellar eruptions, called novae, firmly establish these relatively common outbursts almost always produce gamma rays, the most energetic form of light. "There's a saying that one is a fluke, two is a coincidence, and three is a class, and we're now at four novae and counting with Fermi," said Teddy Cheung, an astrophysicist ... more

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