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23.10.09: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...

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Astro Event of the Week: Spot Atlantis on its Final Flight!

 Atlantis posed for flight!    This week sees the first in a series of finales; three shuttle missions remain, and the first shuttle up for its final voyage is Atlantis and STS-132. This is a resupply...

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The 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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23.01.11: A Hail of Anti-Matter?

Lightning (& antimatter?) as seen over Astroguyz HQ… An anti-matter barrage may be underway high overhead. Recently, NASA scientists have released evidence that antimatter in the form of positron...

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Death by…Gamma-Ray Burst!

An artist’s impression of a very bad day…(Credit: ESO/A. Roquette). Sure, we’ve all seen the movies with the impending death by asteroid or comet. You might have even heard of the havoc that can be...

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