Tag: gamma rays
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Fermi Measures Cosmic ‘Fog’ Produced by Ancient Starlight
from spacedaily.com: Astronomers using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all of the stars that have ever shone, accomplishing a primary mission goal. “The optical and ultraviolet light from stars continues to…
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tgfs: terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
Images (pictured) of gamma rays flashes from thunderstorm, captured by Fermi space telescope. Scientists believe this may occur up to 500 times daily. The Daily Galaxy article explains, “a space telescope has accidentally spotted thunderstorms on Earth producing beams of antimatter. Such storms have long been known to give rise to fleeting sparks of light…
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the emp threat
“EMP Threat: fact, fiction and response”, an article by Yousaf Butt at The Space Review, examines the threat of a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse. The present writer finds, in recent years, attention to this issue noteworthy. “Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagntic Pulse (EMP) Attack”, published in 2004,…