NASA explains Fermi telescope does not detect gamma-rays from nearby supernova

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope "detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light" from a nearby supernova. NASA ...

NASA’s most powerful X-ray telescope reveals Milky Way may stretch farther than previously known

A team of astronomers has discovered that the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy may stretch further out into space than was ...
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NASA’s Fermi telescope just caught what may be the first gamma-ray signal from a superluminous supernova — one of the most extreme blasts in the known universe

A stellar explosion that briefly outshone its entire host galaxy may have left behind a calling card no superluminous supernova has ever produced before: a burst of high-energy gamma rays detected by ...
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NASA launches Swift Boost mission to rescue space telescope

NASA successfully launched its mission to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory on July 3, just over nine months after ...

XMM-Newton gamma-ray detection shows the Milky Way is bigger than previously thought

The Milky Way’s farthest spiral arms have long been sketched more from motion than measurement. Now three violent explosions ...
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NASA’s Chandra Examines Milky Way at Arms’ Length

A new result using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that the outer spiral arms in the Milky Way galaxy may reach wider ...
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Gamma-Ray Universe: Photos by NASA's Fermi Space Telescope

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NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles

Data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveal the budding gas bubble of star cluster Westerlund 1. Brighter colors indicate a stronger likelihood that gamma rays arise from specific types of ...