Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
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title:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
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The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, formerly called the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), is a space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low Earth orbit. Its main instrument is the Large Area Telescope (LAT), with which astronomers mostly intend to perform an all-sky survey studying astrophysical and cosmological phenomena such as active galactic nuclei, pulsars, other high-energy sources and dark matter. Another instrument aboard Fermi, the Gamma
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Space telescope for gamma-ray astronomy launched in 2008
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescope
date created:
2003-12-13T07:04:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T22:45:43Z
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