gamma rays
There's a Particle Accelerator at the Center of the Milky Way
Astronomers have detected ultra-high-energy gamma rays coming from the center of the Milky Way, with nearly 100 events of more…
4 weeks ago
Merging Black Holes Could Give Astronomers a Way to Detect Hawking Radiation
Nothing lasts forever, including black holes. Over immensely long periods of time, they evaporate, as will other large objects in…
6 months ago
Watch 14 Years of Gamma-Ray Observations in This Fascinating NASA Video
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, named in honor of noted physicist Enrico Fermi, has been in operation for almost a…
11 months ago
Fermi has Found More than 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars
In June 2008, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope began surveying the cosmos to study some of the most energetic…
12 months ago
The Universe Sparkles in Gamma Rays in this New NASA Animation
We've come a long way since gamma rays were discovered. The late 1800s and early 1900s were a time of…
2 years ago