Via NASA Plane, Scientists Find New Gamma-ray Emission in Storm Clouds
There’s more to thunderclouds than rain and lightning. Thunderclouds can produce intense bursts of gamma rays.
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astrophysics, BurstCube, cubesats, Gamma ray bursts, gamma rays, goddard space flight center, Small Satellite Missions, Tech Industry, Tech News, The UniverseNASA’s Mini BurstCube Mission Detects Mega Blast
Read more: NASA’s Mini BurstCube Mission Detects Mega BlastThe shoebox-sized BurstCube satellite has observed its first gamma-ray burst, the most powerful kind of explosion in the universe, according to a recent analysis of observations collected over the last several months. “We’re excited to collect science data,” said Sean Semper, BurstCube’s lead engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “It’s an important milestone…
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NASA’s Fermi Finds New Feature in Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Yet Seen
Read more: NASA’s Fermi Finds New Feature in Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Yet SeenIn October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT — the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals a feature never seen before. “A few minutes after the BOAT erupted, Fermi’s Gamma-ray Burst Monitor recorded an unusual energy peak…
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We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxy
Read more: We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxyNot all gamma-ray bursts come from supernovae.
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NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts
Read more: NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic BlastsNASA’s BurstCube, a shoebox-sized satellite designed to study the universe’s most powerful explosions, is on its way to the International Space Station. The spacecraft travels aboard SpaceX’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission, which lifted off at 4:55 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 21, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.…
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Gamma-ray Bursts: Harvesting Knowledge From the Universe’s Most Powerful Explosions
Read more: Gamma-ray Bursts: Harvesting Knowledge From the Universe’s Most Powerful ExplosionsThe most powerful events in the known universe – gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) – are short-lived outbursts of the highest-energy light. They can erupt with a quintillion (a 10 followed by 18 zeros) times the luminosity of our Sun. Now thought to announce the births of new black holes, they were discovered by accident. The backstory…
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What’s Made in a Thunderstorm and Faster Than Lightning? Gamma Rays!
Read more: What’s Made in a Thunderstorm and Faster Than Lightning? Gamma Rays!Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has spotted gamma rays coming from thunderstorms.
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NASA’s Fermi Mission Nets 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars … and Counting
Read more: NASA’s Fermi Mission Nets 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars … and CountingA new catalog produced by a French-led international team of astronomers shows that NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered 294 gamma-ray-emitting pulsars, while another 34 suspects await confirmation. This is 27 times the number known before the mission launched in 2008. “Pulsars touch on a wide range of astrophysics research, from cosmic rays and…
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We Finally Know the True Power of BOAT—the Brightest Known Gamma-Ray Burst
Read more: We Finally Know the True Power of BOAT—the Brightest Known Gamma-Ray BurstThe gamma-ray burst, affectionately dubbed ‘BOAT’ (Brightest of All Time), has been found to emit gamma-rays with energies reaching up to 13 teraelectronvolts, as revealed by a collaboration of scientists who have studied these emissions.Read more…
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We Finally Know the True Power of BOAT—the Brightest Known Gamma-Ray Burst
Read more: We Finally Know the True Power of BOAT—the Brightest Known Gamma-Ray BurstThe gamma-ray burst, affectionately dubbed ‘BOAT’ (Brightest of All Time), has been found to emit gamma-rays with energies reaching up to 13 teraelectronvolts, as revealed by a collaboration of scientists who have studied these emissions.Read more…
