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GLAST mission renamed to Femi and first light picture

Nasa’s GLAST mission has been renamed to the Femi mission in honor of Enrico Femi. (see the below biography)NASA has also released the “first light” image taken from only 95 hours of data from this new instrument. This is only … Continue reading

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Update on GLAST mission – is time travel possible?

NASA’s Gamma Large Area Space Telescope has been operational now for 40 days, and has already detected 12 strong gamma ray bursts!What if: these 12 bursts are from a dying star, that creates a supernova, or from a pulsar, orbiting … Continue reading

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