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gamma rays the highest energy form of

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light are produced by the hottest

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regions of the universe

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supernova explosions black holes neutron

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stars and pulsars

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liftoff of the delta rocket carrying

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glass a gamma-ray telescope searching

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for unseen physics in the stars of the

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galaxies

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on june 11 2008 the gamma-ray large area

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space telescope glast was sent into

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space

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since renamed fermi for high energy

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physics pioneer enrico fermi the

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spacecraft orbits about 300 miles above

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earth scanning and imaging the universe

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for gamma rays that unlike optical light

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and x-rays cannot be captured and

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reflected in mirrors light can be much

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more energetic than just visible

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and when it's a little bit more

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energetic we call this ultraviolet and

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you know

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bad for your skin

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and then you are more energetic you are

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in x-rays and now if you are even more

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energetic than x-rays you are in gamma

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rays and gamma rays is the domain that

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fermi is studying fermi carries two

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instruments the large area telescope or

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lats and the glass burst monitor or gbm

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lat has already unveiled an all-sky

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image of the glowing gas of the milky

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way blinking pulsars and a flaring

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galaxy billions of light years away

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fermi's gbm spotted 31 gamma-ray bursts

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in its first month of operation alone

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together the instruments will provide an

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unprecedented look across a broad

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gamma-ray spectrum

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enabling scientists to witness the

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processes powering these high-energy

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events they've already discovered a

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pulsar that is totally invisible for

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everybody except if you're looking in

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gamma rays that pulsar was is an is in

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the center of a of a supernova remnant

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so people thought oh there should be a

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pulse out there they looked they looked

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but they couldn't find anything because

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unless you look

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in gamma rays you're not going to find

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it it's a pulsar that pulses only in

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gamma rays so in a very short time

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they've already changed the way we look

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at pulsars

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and that's just a very small category of

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all the subjects that fermi can cover

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scientists predict fermi will also

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answer persistent questions about

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supermassive black holes the origin of

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cosmic rays and aid in searches for new

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physics all to better understand how our

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universe works it just started to give

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a fabulous

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discovery and provide scientists with

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fabulous data so if you hear the word

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fermi the mission for me you know this

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is the mission that study the sky in

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gamma rays

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and just stay tuned for a humongous

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large number of discovery that they will

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come

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and you will be surprised

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