Gamma Rays

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Wait... was that a ginormous burst of cosmic energy or just space junk?
Elizabeth Rayne
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A fog of gamma rays permeates the sky. Now we know why.
Phil Plait
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What put all the radioactive stuff in our solar system? Dead, exploded stars
Elizabeth Rayne
Aug 19, 2021
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Could destroyed dark matter have created an orb of gamma rays at the center of our galaxy?
Elizabeth Rayne
Apr 9, 2021
NASA image of gamma ray burst
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It's official! Astronomers confirm GN-z11 is the most distant galaxy ever seen
Jeff Spry
Dec 18, 2020
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Our galaxy is blowing *enormous* hot bubbles into space and no one knows why
Phil Plait
Dec 10, 2020
An all-sky map showing the X-ray bubbles seen by eROSITA (teal) and in gamma rays by Fermi (red). The X-ray bubbles are larger and appear to fully enclose the gamma-ray bubbles. Credit: MPE/IKI courtesy eROSITA PI Andrea Merloni
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NASA space telescopes spot TIE fighter-shaped galaxy 500 million light-years away
Jeff Spry
Aug 28, 2020
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The 'heartbeat' of a black hole 'heard' in space for the first time ever
Elizabeth Rayne
Aug 21, 2020
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The Moon is brighter than the Sun … in gamma rays
Phil Plait
Aug 19, 2019
The Moon glows in gamma rays, created as cosmic rays slam into its surface. This series of images displays longer and longer exposures by the Fermi space telescope, showing how the images gets better with time. Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
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Across the Universe, a star exploded so violently that it *completely* annihilated itself
Phil Plait
Aug 16, 2019
Artwork depicting the explosion of a massive star: a supernova. Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA/ illustration by Joy Pollard
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When the Earth Hulks out: Our planet sparkles in gamma-rays
Phil Plait
May 22, 2019
A Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash from Earth (right) seen by the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor in space was traced to a lightning storm over Borneo. Credit: University of Valencia
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Measuring all the light in the Universe. All of it. Ever.
Phil Plait
Nov 30, 2018
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BIG NEWS: For the first time, astronomers detect gravitational waves from two neutron stars crashing together!
Phil Plait
Oct 16, 2017
Artwork depicting the moment of collision between two neutron stars. The resulting explosion is… quite large. Credit: Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc.
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