Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 31, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 31, 2014 NASA's Fermi Space Telescope Reveals New Source of Gamma Rays 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 at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, and the lead author of a paper reporting the findings in the Aug. 1 edition of the journal Science. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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