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...
View ArticleAstro 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View Article23.01.11: 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...
View ArticleDeath by Gamma-Ray Burst!
An artist’s impression of a very bad day…(Credit: ESO/A. Roquette). Sure, weve 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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