A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near light-speed. But surprisingly, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light those particles should produce. On May 18, 2023, a supernova erupted in the nearby […]
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Astrophysics, Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, Goddard Space Flight Center, Supernovae, The Universe
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April 16, 2024
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