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NASA Photos Show Giant 'Cosmic Hand'

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 - 14:28:33 - Anuradha Menon

New photographs released by NASA have captured images of a vast stellar formation resembling a human hand reaching across space. The image, taken by...

Gamma Ray Pulsar Discovered
Friday, December 19th, 2008 - Shalhevet Bar-Asher
NASA’s Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope recently discovered a previously unknown pulsar. This is an exceptional discovery...

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First Gamma-ray-only Pulsar Observation

Friday, October 17th, 2008 - 12:13:50 - Ehud Rattner

About three times a second, a 10,000-year-old stellar corpse sweeps a beam of gamma-rays toward Earth. This object, known as a pulsar, is the first...

GLAST Performance Meets Expectations
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 - Shalhevet Bar-Asher
NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), recently renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in honor of Enrico...

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Einstein Was Right, McGill Physicists Say

Friday, July 4th, 2008 - 18:45:33 - Anuradha Menon

Researchers at McGill University’s Department of Physics - along with colleagues from several countries - have confirmed a long-held prediction of...

Magnetic Neutron Star
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 - Noa Rotkop
Observations from NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) have revealed an important clue regarding the life cycle of...